Greece: enough money according to the EU Commission until April 8 – SPIEGEL ONLINE

Athens / Brussels – What are the Greek debt obligations, is fairly well known. How much money can scrape together even Greece, however, is uncertain, especially since has thrown the troika of the country, the government in Athens.

Now, however, the EU Commission has apparently recalculated again and get a report in the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” (“FAS”) According to the conclusion: the government is indeed able to completely pay off the fees payable at the end of the month wages and salaries.

But the next payment is already on April 9: Then the next tranche of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the amount of approximately 470 million euros will be charged. On that date, the financial situation of the Greek government in the EU Commission will as “critical” reports “FAS”. Finally, in mid April, the repayments are two government bonds in the amount of 2.4 billion euros.

The calculations are based according to the newspaper to new figures of the EU Commission in Athens professionals. The Commission is therefore in its calculation, that the government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras also relies on cash of the social funds and state-owned enterprises. As the legal requirements have been created in the past week.

Tsipras remained so over two weeks to vote with donors a complete reform list. Only after this money could flow from the last outstanding tranche of 7.2 billion euros. On Friday Tsipras had agreed with the tips of the European institutions to present such a list “in the coming days”

Preparations are already underway in Brussels. the technical experts of the donors have, according to the “FAS” resumed the work in Athens on Friday. The EU Commission is expected, therefore, that the professionals working in the coming week and again in the Greek Ministries and may examine the books. Then EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker had pressed for Friday during negotiations with Tsipras at night.

Juncker pointed to the example of the IMF. Sends every year experts in the ministries of the Member States in order to determine financial and economic indicators. Tsipras Juncker had not objected to, writes the “FAS”.

Tsipras had stressed at the EU summit in Brussels on Friday that Greece had no immediate difficulties, its credit obligations to operate and keep the state running. There is “no short-term liquidity problem.” The Greek prime minister will meet in Berlin on Monday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), it is his first visit to Germany since taking office.