The long tug of war around the Greek austerity program could soon be ended. This propagate at least the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and several ministers.
No return to the drachma
“We are on the home straight for both (sides) favorable solution,” Tsipras said in a speech late Monday. This was followed by Finance Minister Janis Varoufakis in an interview with the Greek television channel Star in the night of Tuesday to.
The agreement on a solution could already “in a week” come about, Varoufakis said. A return of the euro area country for the Greek drachma was not planned.
The government hope to be able to repay loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in June. Also public sector salaries and pensions would be paid next month, the finance minister said. “When we are faced with the dilemma of either but to pay salaries and pensions or our creditors, then we will decide on salaries and pensions.”
deadline June 5
“In the coming days “will be agreed, and Labour Minister Panos Skourletis said on Greek television. “There is a time limit, and is the 5th June», the minister said, referring to the due payment of his country to the IMF. All knew that it would be difficult if there is no solution so far.
Prime Minister Tsipras accused during which some creditors before, a kind of “financial strangulation” of Greece by spinnig the money tap to operate. There is some (in Europe), “draft terms of division” worked out the. “The voices of reason but have gained the upper hand,” Tsipras said. Athens had the donors submitted detailed plans.
infinite debt drama
Greece is struggling for months with the euro partners and the IMF for more financial aid, so a state bankruptcy can be averted. Negotiations on the required by the funders of savings and reforms falter though.
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