Greece confirms today Varoufakis ask another 6 months of aid … – Il Sole 24 Ore

Greece confirms today Varoufakis ask another 6 months of aid … – Il Sole 24 Ore

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This article was published on February 18, 2015 at 10:57.
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Today Greece will send a letter to the president of the Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem with the request of a ‘extension of six months of the aid program. “Today Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis send the request for extension of the loan program”, tells the government spokesman, Gabriel Sakellaridis the TV antenna. When asked if the text rejected the Eurogroup will form the basis of the request, the spokesman refer to the contents of the letter. “The resolutions – adds – link to find common ground, I think we are making good progress. We come to the table to find a solution. ” The spokesman reiterated that the Greek government will not do ‘rotten back on “red lines” that considers non-negotiable.

This morning, meanwhile, the Ministry of Finance has published the texts of the interventions of the Minister Yanis Varoufakis and European Commissioner for Economic Affairs Pierre Moscovici Eurogroup of two days ago in Brussels. On the website of the newspaper “To Vima” you can read the text of the original proposal of Moscovici, which provided for a transition plan for four months acceptable to Athens, then rejected by the President of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem. Who presented another, much more rigid, because of which Monday was blown negotiations.

“I’m working with the president of the Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem to achieve an extension of the existing program, so as to lengthen the time until the summer,” said the chairman of the EU, Juncker at weekly WirtschaftsWoche, stating that the objective and ‘to give more’ time to the representatives of the Eurozone and the Greeks to agree on a new program of reforms and growth for Athens.

Any extension of international aid to Greece beyond ‘on 28 February next is “inseparable” from the implementation of the planned reforms. Said the spokesman of the German Ministry of Finance. “It ‘s not acceptable and will not be’ accepted an extension without the implementation of the reforms adopted, the two are inseparable,” said Martin Jager, spokesman Wolfgang Schauble at a press conference in Berlin. The Eurozone countries have set Monday ‘five conditions to continue their financial support to Athens and “there you go back over,” he added.

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