Greece wants his payment obligations and in the negotiations with the international reach an agreement as soon as possible donors. Finance Minister Giani Varoufakis told the International Monetary Fund (IMF) the repayment of a loan of around 450 million Euros, which is due on Thursday.
After a meeting with IMF chief Christine Lagarde in Washington, the Minister emphasized in on Monday night: “Always The Greek government fulfills its obligations to all creditors, and she intends to continue to do so.” Lagarde said in a written statement, continued uncertainty was not in the Greek interest
Varoufakis wants to implement reforms into practice
Varoufakis assured his part that his country would Various Implement reforms into practice. The goal is now to “make more effective” means the process of negotiations with donors. As the German Press Agency learned from circles of Finance, Athens tried the IMF to persuade them to back away from the demand that Greece for obtaining much needed assistance to July must make a series of cuts.
IMF calls reportedly pension cuts and the VAT increase. The other financiers in Europe are “flexible,” reported unanimously Greek media on Monday. The negotiations between Greece and the donors will be intensified this week in Brussels and Athens.
Speedy disbursement of new aid is considered unlikely
However, a speedy disbursement of new aid is considered unlikely. In Brussels, expectations were scaled down to the meeting of the Finance Secretaries of the 19 euro countries this Wednesday and Thursday. It was expected – as with the switching conference last week – go to an inventory, it was Easter weekend in EU circles
In the round, there had been no certainty before Easter that Greece at this. Thursday can lift the repayment to the IMF. Even with an early convening of a special meeting of euro zone finance ministers will not currently expected, it said. The next meeting of department heads is scheduled on May 24 in Riga, Latvia. Only the Minister may impose new billions in aid to Greece on the way
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solution can only be found in the “European family”
A solution in the Greek financial crisis, after the words be found by Varoufakis only in the “European family”. Among the rumors circulating for days, Greece might loans outside the EU are looking for (such as Russia or China), the minister replied the Athenian economy Journal “Naftemboriki”: “The solution to the crisis (…) relates to the European family and must be in the EU framework be found. “On April 8, the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras traveling on a visit to Moscow.
Government spokesman Gabriel Sakellaridis had fears back to Russia travel of Tsipras could mean a distancing of Greece by the EU. “The pro-European stance of Greece is secured,” he told the TV channel Mega. According to the deputy Finance Minister Dimitris Mardas, the Greek government has enough money to pay pensions and salaries for public employees this week. “But that does not mean that we in the next week no more money,” he said.
Investigation Committee is working on
In the Greek Parliament adopted at weekends a committee of the work on who wants to find out who was responsible for the debt crisis of the state. The committee is composed of international experts. It deals with the tenure of the socialist government Giorgos Papandreou (2009 to 2011), the non-party interim government Lucas Papademos (2011 to 2012) and the coalition government of Conservatives and Socialists (June 2012-January 2015) under the then Prime Minister Antonis Samaras .
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