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Wednesday 04 February 2015
On his European tour Greek Prime Minister Tsipras makes a good figure. Commission President Juncker rolled him out the red carpet, Chancellor Merkel looks isolated
man receives sinners and as an outlawed debt euro-fright? As Alexis Tsipras arrives at the European Commission in Brussels on Wednesday morning, host Jean-Claude Juncker greeted him like an old friend. Kiss on the left, kisses right, hug, smile, no sign of stress or even dispute
A warm handshake and pat on the back, there are also Donald Tusk, the EU Council President to the Tsipras after one and a half hours. Meeting with Juncker approaches. Tusk is hosted at the EU summit in Brussels next week in which the debt dispute with Greece should be the top issue.
Tusk and Juncker also play a key role when it comes to the German-Greek settle disputes. For so it looks view from Brussels: Chancellor Angela Merkel and Tsipras have hopelessly divided, the EU must now seek a diplomatic solution
Then, at least well prepared Juncker.. Unlike Euro group boss Jeroen Dijsselbloem that his political Waterloo experienced at his Athens visit last week (the Greek government announced in Dijsselbloems presence of the end of the troika), the Commission has several trump cards.
Merkel is isolated
Juncker knows the situation in Greece as better than everyone else – after all, he was at the beginning of the debt crisis itself still president of the Euro Group and Chief Negotiator in Brussels. And he knows Tsipras better than most – from the European elections of 2014, in which the two are traditional television duels. The Greek was still leading candidate of the left in Europe.
Juncker jumped Tsipras even once in person, when he refused to speak English. He made a simultaneous translation from the Greek possible – whether he is active in the German as interpreter? For that is the hope that they cherish in Berlin. Juncker to German Chancellor Angela Merkel build a golden bridge
The Luxembourg has already promised to include Merkel. The day before Tsipras’ lightning visit to Brussels, he warned: “It will not change anything because of an election result, which some like and dislike others.” This is likely the Chancellor have fallen – you do not like the result of the election, as is well known in Brussels
But Juncker also expressed understanding for the Greek debt restructure the debt and to abolish the particularly odious in Athens Troika.. We need to think about alternatives to the troika said Juncker – the way he had already promised in the European election campaign. Merkel then obviously not listening properly.
Even now Juncker reflects the thinkers and strategists. Behind the scenes, the Commission chief talks closely with the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund – also come from there encouraging signs. In any case, there is no evidence that the ECB Greece could turn off the tap, as some in Berlin calling
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Not Tsipras is isolated, but Merkel.: That is the impression you could in any case have after the lightning visit to Brussels. At the end of the Greek Politicians went wide smiling in front of the press. “I’m sure we can find a mutually acceptable solution for our common future,” said Tsipras. He wanted to correct the EU rules, not break, he said jovially, “We are well on our way.”
There were no details, demands were not possible. For Tsipras had to go: Using the high speed Thalys it went on to Paris. There, the Greek Prime Minister wanted to meet French President Francois Hollande – no matter how good a friend
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Source: n-tv.de
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