Date: 10/02/2015 15:54 clock
negotiated during the Greek Prime Minister Tsipras with the EU, Defense Kammenos already announced, as it could go, if no agreement will achieve with the EU. His plan B:. The money could come from the US or Russia
In debt dispute with the Euro-partner of Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos threatens to search for other donors , He said that while objective was an agreement with the EU, but if Germany remains hard and “Europe wants to dissolve” should, look around his country for alternatives. “That would be the best the US, but it could also Russia, China or any other country”, stressed Kammenos. He is the head of the right-wing populist party of the Independent Greeks and junior partner of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
Tsipras, however, continues to focus on negotiations with Brussels and will need to talk with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker , Given the difficult negotiations over the Greek debt Tsipras will call on Wednesday with Juncker, told Greek television and appealed to government circles.
70 percent met accepted
Apparently working staff of the Greek Ministry of Finance and Juncker on a ten-point plan for Greece. The troika inspectors with the EU, the ECB and the IMF should no longer be in shape. The Troika story was over, it said. Finance Minister Giani Varoufakis wanted to propose to his colleagues of the Euro Group, among other things, to accept nearly 70 percent met the previous program. The rest he wanted to replace it with a set of measures that had been prepared in cooperation with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Details of wanted Varoufakis present his counterparts on Wednesday, BelTA learned from circles of the Treasury.
In addition Greece intends to enforce the issuance of additional government bonds in the amount of at least eight billion euros. The government Tsipras will also still get the last tranche of financial aid for expired rescue package worth over seven billion euros.
confidence vote in Athens
Tonight arises Prime Minister Tsipras a vote of confidence in Parliament. His government coalition of the Left Party SYRIZA and the small party of Independent Greeks has a comfortable majority of 162 seats in parliament with 300 seats. Tsipras had declared in his inaugural speech on Sunday the Greek rescue program is finished and is now calling for new negotiations on dealing with debt. But the international lenders reject such conversations from now. Only the ongoing recovery program must be completed.
On Wednesday, the euro group will be a special session on the Athens demands for an end to the austerity program together. A spokeswoman said in Brussels before the Special Meeting of the Euro group and the Summit of Heads of State and Government on Thursday: “Our expectations are low that final arrangements are made.” The speaker told of “intensive contacts” with Athens. . Further details can not name
privatizations stopped
In Greece, the new government is implementing further reforms: She wants two more large privatization – and stop investment projects. A proposed gold mine in the north of the country should be prevented by legal means, said Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis before Parliament. In addition, the Government will consider the sale of the old Athens airport Hellenikon. Their aim. Prevent the business
The operated by Eldorado Gold Mine was the flagship investment project of the old government. The Canadians had taken over the mine and a commitment to introduce one billion US dollars over five years in 2012. Completion is scheduled for 2016. Opponents of the project fear damage to the tourism industry and the environment.
The new government has already blown a series privatizations, including the sale of the port of Piraeus and an energy supplier.
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