Tsipras, the tour anti-austerity in Rome. Padoan: “Growth priority for … – The Republic

Tsipras, the tour anti-austerity in Rome. Padoan: "Growth priority for … – The Republic

MILAN – Continue the tour of Europe anti-austerity new government greek, a marathon of meetings to present claims against the policies rigorist. After Cyprus, Alexis Tsipras’s agenda a visit to Rome, where he preceded his Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, who met with his Italian Padoan.

The owner of Via XX Settembre stressed after the meeting that ” our countries share a common interest: both are convinced of the importance that Greece expected to lie on a path of strong and sustainable growth through a clear program of structural reforms. The focus on growth is a priority to ensure debt sustainability and greek to create new jobs in the country and thus help to raise the people from the greek social discomfort produced by the crisis. ” A message of support thus easing plans tears and blood wondered Athens in exchange for international aid. But do not miss the call of
Padoan to the centrality of the European institutions: “The European Union is a place where solidarity and responsibility are concrete principles that jointly exercise. The Eurogroup and Ecofin are the institutional settings where each Member State may discuss and deal with their own problems, nurturing faith in the possibility of finding common solutions in the interest of all, “says the minister indicating that the way of solutions unilterali is wrong.

In any case, the program that Varoufakis Tsipras and they plan to present to EU heavyweights (tomorrow to Frankfurt from Mario Draghi and then to German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble) does not seem to want excessive forcing: not talking about cutting debt, as happened in the past, and the markets they rejoice.

Tsipras lands still in Rome after having scanned from Cyprus: “I think it’s time to replace the Troika because Europe needs to take a breath.” In recent days, the greek prime minister had already received the support of France and of the Obama line anti-penalty taker. Besides Renzi, the leader of SYRIZA will meet political leaders and institutions and at the end of the face-to-face with the prime minister will be a joint press conference.

Instant replication of Germany that the question of the Troika “is not agenda “, while the EU Commission President, Jean Claude Juncker, reiterated his position:” We do not change everything just because a country wants it. A Tsipras, that I will see tomorrow morning, I said twice that we must take into account both democratic choices of the Greeks that the beliefs of others. ” Meanwhile, according to the German business newspaper Handelsblatt , the European Central Bank is considering the possibility of withdrawing from the Troika, a decision that could take even the IMF. In short, despite the words of Juncker, is not excluded in the future, the Troika will become a more democratic body.

Topics :

2015 elections Greece

austerity

troika

Starring:

Alexis Tsipras

Yanis Varoufakis