Before the special summit of the euro-zone of the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has according to reports from Athens proposals for a “final solution” of. presented debt crisis in his country.
He telephoned German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and French President Francois Hollande and with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
A Greek government spokesman said Tsipras have thereby presenting proposals to the information required by the creditors austerity measures, thus there is a “final solution for the benefit of all sides” and the problem will not be moved. An EU-employee contrast initially stated that so far no proposal had arrived.
European Commissioner Günther Oettinger barely saw scope for further concessions from the lenders. “Our margins are largely exhausted,” he said in the evening in the ZDF program “Berlin direkt”. The euro zone countries are very flexible in terms of the necessary in Greece Savings
The Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said. “. In my view, there are all the conditions for an agreement with Greece” Hollande stressed that one should now not lose second. But he was “neither optimistic nor pessimistic”.
According to previous information from Athens issue in the dispute over the austerity program only to measures for 450 million euros. Creditors made additional savings in this amount as a condition for the disbursement of further aid. According to “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung” Brussels demanded last of Athens annual savings or additional revenues amounting to 2.5 percent of economic output, or 4.5 billion euros. In Athens again demonstrated thousands against austerity and for a tough stance against creditors.
In Brussels will on Monday initially the euro zone finance ministers come together in the evening followed by the leaders of 19 countries. Time is pressing. The current European support program for Greece runs from the end of the month. If by then no agreement on the disbursement of aid funds in the amount of 7.2 billion euros was generated, threatening the country’s sovereign default – especially since Athens has to pay until June 30, EUR 1.6 billion to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) <. / p>
In parallel with the telephone calls Tsipras informed his cabinet. The day before there had been several hours consultations on the seat of government.
The Greek Finance Minister Giani Varoufakis shifted the responsibility for the next step to Merkel. “The German chancellor is on Monday before a crucial election,” he wrote in a commentary for the “FAS”. You can enter an “honorable agreement” or throw the only Greek Government overboard that was principled and would bring the Greek people on a reform path.
The “FAS” also reported, citing internal calculations donors, a billion hole in the state treasury forcing Athens to cuts in pensions and civil servants’ salaries. Tax revenues have fallen dramatically. Creditors calculated for the end of June with a Greek budget deficit from 2 to 3.6 billion euros. The Athens government denied this.
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