The meeting of euro zone finance ministers did not yield any solution. IMF chief Lagarde clearly showed their displeasure and will “only with adults” negotiate.
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis the euro zone finance ministers meeting in Luxembourg. | © Francois Lenoir / Reuters
The longer the so-called final of Greece lasts, the more absurd it is. Thus, since last night, sitting in Luxembourg, the President of the Euro group, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Commissioner and the head of the euro rescue fund with serious expressions side by side and proclaim that there is too little progress. That the Greek government blocking the talks. That the time expire. But that you still can find a solution. In other words, they say the same as what they have been saying for weeks.
Then comes the Greek finance minister on a few personal papers before him, and speaks: about the suffering of the Greek people, the good will of his government and the concerns of the Euro Partners, the addressee understands, of course. In other words, he says the same thing that he says for weeks. Then he conjures up with a flourish two new rabbits out of the hat, “radical, unprecedented proposals”, which, if they were implemented only allow the Greek economy finally take off and free his country from all worries would. So it promises Yanis Varaufakis. There are absurd proposals, antics or at best diversion. Later, when he is asked whether it is not high time to introduce capital controls in Greece, told Varoufakis a joke: meeting, two men on a golf course …
It is especially this contrast between the dramatic situation in which many Greeks actually are, and the ongoing lack of seriousness with which Varoufakis even now occur, the disqualified him and his government. A Greek journalist who followed the appearance of the minister in Luxembourg, puts it drastically: Varoufakis had “gone mad”
The struggle between the government in Athens and the international donors has often been described as a poker game in. which the Greeks could be sure that they would win the last trick. But the picture is wrong. For what may Alexis Tsipras and his party Syriza win at all – even if they make a last trick? The economic situation in the country has deteriorated dramatically since the election in January; the trust has been destroyed for a long time; the feared bank run has already begun and is expected to continue. As great as the concessions made by the donors are no longer that they would outweigh the damage. While they play poker, destroy Tsipras & amp; Co. to be the foundation of their future policy
It may be that the donors (Angela Merkel!) Precisely calculate thus:. That the temperature in Athens a little more has to rise before you find a solution. In any case, one could notice soberly that the meeting of euro zone finance ministers is as expected, as they had expected it – to no avail halt. But that would be to underestimate the psychological momentum that is now developing. With every call attempt which fails far more lost than just precious time.
There is an urgent need snapped IMF chief Christine Lagarde after yesterday’s session, return to a dialogue, “with an adult in the room” , Euro group chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem added: “We need politicians (in Athens), who are willing their people to tell the truth.” The counterattack by Yanis Varoufakis was not long in coming. None of the other 18 have to finance his latest proposals lost even a single word, he reported; this shows “the lack of substance of the discussion in the euro group”. Many such disputes can the Euro Partners no longer allow
On Monday evening, the government of the euro countries will meet. hitherto unspoken runs a final deadline. To date, was in the EU the principle: Only when all parties to save face, an agreement can be found. Perhaps the Union makes these days a new experience.
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