– “The progress is not sufficient, the negotiations must continue.” To say, speaking of the comparison between Athens and Europe, is the Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis. According to which “the best option is to conclude the program, it is important that Greece accelerate and begin to implement the reforms.” And for the president of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem “need to do more, the Greeks know that time is running out.”
Dijsselbloem: “Very critical with Varoufakis” – “It ‘was a very critical discussion, we made an agreement two months ago, now believed to be able to make a decision, but instead we are very far and so yes, it was a lot of debate critical, “said Dijsselbloem then responds to those who ask whether it is true that the ministers have been very hard with the Minister of Finance greek Yanis Varoufakis.
Eurogroup hard with Minister greek:” And ‘an amateur “ – In addition, as reported by Bloomberg citing sources close to the meeting, Varoufakis would be defined by some of his colleagues of the Eurogroup of Riga a waster, a gambler, an amateur for the way they are conducting negotiations with international creditors.
Bypassed Varoufakis, “he is the problem” – Part of the problem in negotiations with Athens is represented by the interlocutor of the Eurogroup, ie the Minister Yanis Varoufakis, who loses more and more the trust of colleagues. Growing frustration of Ministers directed against greek finance continues to “not make speeches but real lessons”. Such is the confidence that the Eurogroup announced the outcome of the meeting directly to the premier Tsipras, “bypassing” Varoufakis, “to make sure the message gets corrected.”
Varoufakis: “Problems liquidity because we pay the debt” – its part Varoufakis reiterated that Greece has “a liquidity problem because it is funding the debt with its resources and however, by existing agreements, should be refinanced with aid. ” The minister did not, however, wanted to clarify the extent of the problem of Athens.
“The agreement with the EU is the only alternative” – Varoufakis then highlighted the various points on which there is no agreement with the EU: “Cuts to pensions, the government greek does not consider useful to stabilize the country, moratorium on the confiscation of the first houses, that the government would create new poor, primary surplus” . However, he added, “we must focus on how to reach an agreement because there is no alternative.”
But Tsipras remains optimistic – From the Athens government, however, speak of “significant progress”, consider a possible deal with your creditors and explain that he never spoke of a hypothesis default, or a plan “B”, or deferral of repayments to the IMF, or exit from the euro. “I am very optimistic, have made substantial portions and both sides are closer than in the recent past,” said the premier fact Alexis Tsipras Thursday evening from Brussels.
Padoan: “We do not expect the final results” – On Greece “we do not expect the final results of this meeting,” said Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan entering all ‘ Eurogroup. “On Greece, we are continuing to have a discussion that will be fruitful.”
Moscovici: “Progress too slow” – “The message is that we must accelerate the progress canno too slow, there is a sense of urgency,” said the Commissioner for Economic Affairs Pierre Moscovici.
Draghi: “ECB may revise liquidity Ela” – The Eurotower President Mario Draghi spoke on the issue Greece, explaining that “the emergency liquidity (Ela) will be given until the Greek banks are solvent and there will be adequate collateral, but given the current fragility of the situation, the ECB may have to go back and review the haircut on the side. “
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