“In Greece there will be no default.” The EU Commission President Jean Claude Juncker repeated his mantra: “Greece is and will remain an integral part of the Eurozone”.
“He still has a long way ahead. We have no clarity on concrete projects of reform, but it should be in right direction “, tells the head of the European just as in the Belgian capital is an ongoing three days of discussions between creditors and new negotiators sent by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
funds into the coffers Hellenic scarce. Athens is in a hurry and rush to tighten in discussions with Brussels Group to unlock 7.2 billion euro, before becoming completely dry. Serves an agreement “as soon as possible,” says government spokesman Gabriel Sakellaridis, which also shows that Greece has kept some “fixed points” in negotiations.
An agreement with creditors the government Tsipras wants him tomorrow, to reach the Euro Group on 11 May, after one or more meetings of the Sherpas, with the perspective to realize.
But despite the recognition of the positive signs came from Athens (as the arrival of negotiators closest to Tsipras and vice Dragasakis, fitted with a real mandate) European sources brake, defining the hypothesis rather “unrealistic”. The Brussels Group plays to close “a broad agreement”, while Athens, in the immediate, has ruled out the items from the game of reform, such as VAT and some privatization.
However, citing sources close to the negotiations, according to the newspaper German Handelsblatt “also with an arrangement with creditors, it is unlikely that Greece will receive further aid from the EU within the indicative deadline set for 12 May.”
Meanwhile the president of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem announces a tour of Paris , Berlin and Rome, between 6 and 8 May “to discuss the future of economic and monetary union, and other open questions concerning the Eurogroup, including the situation in Greece.” The four presidents, Dijsselbloem, Juncker, Tusk and Dragons – remember – are working on a report expected in June, “on closer coordination of economic policies and improved economic governance in the euro area”.
The tour Dijsselbloem It kicks off in Paris, May 6, where Dijsselbloem will finance ministers Michel Sapin and Economy Emmanuel Macron, in addition to Prime Minister Manuel Valls. On May 7 in Berlin, where he met the Head of Finance Wolfgang Schauble and Vice Chancellor and Minister of Economic Affairs Sigmar Gabriel. Then to Rome to meet with the Minister of Economy and Finance Pier Carlo Padoan.
In Berlin however the German President, Joachim Gauck joined the debate on reparations for war damage to Greece, inviting us to reflect. “It is right that a country aware of history as our Probe what are the possibilities to repair,” he says.
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