Greece: Tsipras woos EU partners – tagesschau.de

Greece: Tsipras woos EU partners – tagesschau.de

Date: 02/02/2015 09:53 clock

Open dispute was last seen plenty between Athens and its EU partners. Search now both sides of the connective and explore compromises. . Prime Minister Tsipras began in the morning a number of first visits in European capitals

Early on Monday morning landed Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on official visit to Cyprus – then he wants to continue his journey to Rome, Paris and Brussels to explain how he wants to get the debt crisis in his country under control. His finance minister Yanis Varoufakis had advertised yesterday in Paris for understanding for the Athenians reform policies.

Varoufakis bat at his French counterpart Michel Sapin more time. The Greek government will put detailed proposals on the table until the end of February, then hopefully could be taken by the end of May, a new international agreement to resolve the Greek debt crisis. Greece will not apply for new loans, he added. Sapin said Athens support in the search for an agreement to. This could relaxations, but do not include debt relief. Greece’s place was in the Euro-zone

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Varoufakis announced that it would soon travel to Berlin and Frankfurt, so the federal government and European Central Bank. Such a visit was “essential” because of the importance of Germany in Europe, he said in Paris. The Ministry of Finance in Berlin is, however, no request for such a visit before – and not to a possible visit by Prime Minister Tsipras

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The Minister in the cabinet of Alexis Tsipras

He is 40 years young, eloquent and is a beacon of hope to many Greeks – especially those who suffer most from the crisis, lost their jobs, are poor: Alexis Tsipras, the new prime minister and head of the party alliance of the Radical Left SYRIZA. His political career began in the 1990s as the leader of student protests. He quickly rose to the top of the former “communist €” on. In 2004 he was elected President of SYRIZA. With his Cabinet Tsipras met his election promise to form a “compact” system of government. Apart from him and his vice comprises 13 ministers in the new Cabinet. Under his predecessor Antonis Samaras there were 20
Tsipras was born on 28 July 1974 in Athens. He studied civil engineering and urban and regional planning. With his partner, a computer scientist, he has two children. | Source: AP

Juncker is reportedly Troika Cancel

EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker signaled the Greeks significant concessions. A “Handelsblatt” report according to which he wants to abolish the so-called troika Greece. Athens announced on Friday not to cooperate further with the lender representatives of EU, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund.

Supposedly now the federal government agrees to reform the troika. Add to perceived by the Greeks as humiliating visits to Athens one could possibly do without – Greece and instead focus only allgemeiere economic policy objectives cited the “Handelsblatt” government circles. This concession was possible but only if the new Greek government confess principle to the previously agreed austerity and reform course.

Kauder calls holding on austerity

In ARD” Report from Berlin “is Union parliamentary leader Volker Kauder (CDU) objected to the abolition of the Troika. “That should not go,” he said, referring to the conclusions drawn by the Federal Constitutional Court “narrow limits”. Kauder urged to adhere to the austerity measures; for policy decisions there “can not all taxpayers liable in Europe”

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