Athens / Brussels (dpa) – In view of acute shortage of money in Athens interim solutions in the Greek debt drama now being considered in order to gain time. All options subject on the table, it said on Wednesday in Brussels EU circles.
On the evening was the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on a way out of financial crisis for the speak bankrupt threatened land. Previously phoned Tsipras from Brussels with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and French President Francois Hollande. They would have agreed that Athens would continue to generate in its national budget just low “primary surplus” (without interest payments on public debt), it was said from Athens. This was one of the demands Athens.
In addition to the meeting with Juncker was also a conversation with euro group chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem on the program. “We still have to do a lot of work”, Dijsselbloem said before meeting with Tsipras. When meeting with Juncker it is reportedly about to summarize the due June loan rates of almost 1.6 billion euros from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and to urge them until the end of the month of Athens. Another possibility is a lengthening of the end of June, ending aid program over the summer.
“It’s all or nothing,” headlined the Athens tabloid “Ethnos”. Much time remains Athens facing budgetary no longer. Without additional help Greece could be insolvent in a few days. The first payment to the IMF in the amount of 305 million euros is already on Friday. Athens must operate in addition to month-end due government bonds by more than 5 billion euros. EU Parliament President Martin Schulz (SPD) does not believe in a quick breakthrough. “It is not this morning give yet a definitive solution,” he told the newspaper “Tagesspiegel” (Thursday).
Tsipras stressed before his departure to Brussels that Greece had presented a reform plan, one for all sides ” honorable compromise “enable. The EU Commission, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the IMF have agreed on a joint bid to Athens. Both proposals are now to be matched.
Germany and France are looking for information Merkel with high pressure for a solution to the Greek crisis. Federal Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) assessed the compromise proposal Athens, however skeptical. He could optimism the Greek Government do not share as before, he said in Berlin
Juncker said at an event:. “I still have to solve some problems in connection with what is called the Greek case . ” His spokesman stressed at the meeting no agreement on the conclusion of the aid program was expected. This agreement is a prerequisite for the disbursement of new billions in aid of donors. “It will not be negotiated. It’s about taking stock.”
The ECB determined by a fate of Greece in the euro area from. “There is a strong will and a strong determination, that we find a good result at the end,” central bank president Mario Draghi said in Frankfurt. On the night of Tuesday, Merkel and Hollande had plumbed with Juncker and IMF chief Christine Lagarde and Draghi in Berlin a compromise. Details of its “last offer” were not disclosed.
According to information of the “world” (Thursday), the creditors move to Greece in the debt dispute. So they called in pensions only cuts of one percent of gross domestic product (GDP). Previously, they had demanded savings of 1.5 percent. By contrast, cited the “Handelsblatt” a contrary voice from negotiating circles: “As are worlds apart”
Tsipras to be already moved away a bit of his campaign promises to Greek media reports.. Among other things, he rejects privatizations no longer from. A controversial property tax should remain. In addition, there should be a value-added tax reform with more than one billion euros additional burden for citizens.
tabloid “Ethnos”
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