Athens, near agreement. Merkel denies plan Grexit – ANSA.it

BERLIN – The feeling of being on a roller coaster, the eurozone continues: it is still great uncertainty about the case greek. The day after the dramatic turn of events which saw the IMF to leave the negotiating table in Brussels, Bild has revealed that Angela Merkel is preparing to ‘Grexit’, having virtually resigned to the “inevitability” of the failure of Athens. The fact was denied, in Berlin, his spokesman, but the markets reacted badly. In the evening, however, in Athens, an official announced the greek ‘cloudy’: According to the source “has never been so close to an agreement”.

In fact, Alexis Tsipras stated that it not willing to touch salaries and pensions – he said again just this morning – and his government official quoted in the alleged agreement only the primary surplus in 2015 – the distance from the lens (one 0.25% of GDP) would be now so low that unimaginable a break, is the reasoning. It remains to be seen who will be the other nodes – pensions and VAT – which the IMF does not look backwards. In the late afternoon it was learned also of a new meeting between the Greek Prime Minister and President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker. The counterproposal of Athens “ready” according to the official greek will discuss tomorrow the representatives of the executive heads of Athenian and mission of creditor institutions in Brussels.

The talks are moving forward in short, intense rhythms, in view Eurogroup next Thursday. Meanwhile, just the output of the bottom of the Washington negotiations animated debate, today, with clear attempts by European partners to scale: by Juncker, “you can not interpret the decision of the IMF as a retreat, I believe that a solution is necessary “, he has said. And also in the interpretation of Berlin, it would not be a jerk final, but a serious signal, which applies to “warning, to intensify the negotiations”. It was then Wolfgang Schaeuble to let people know that a solution without the IMF “is not imaginable”.

The ball is in Athens, they explained to the Fund, and this is now the workhorse of negotiators Europeans, with a rebuke, today, even too implicitly the German chancellor, who has helped to overcome the market: “I always said these days that if there is a will there is a way,” he reiterated talking to ‘ assembly of family businesses in the German capital. “But there must be a willingness from all sides”, it was the addition of the Chancellor, who lately about sipping words. In fact, his call, along with rumors that would give open a Grexit shook the markets, which have sold in the morning and then score a mini-recovery in the end. Even the BTP-Bund spread has increased markedly to 140 points.