Greece, Varoufakis agreement in a night, depending on Merkel – The Messenger

“An agreement on Greece requires hard choices on all sides”: so the chief economist of the IMF, Olivier Blanchard which in a statement it stressed that Athens should take action on “measures really credible” to solve budget problems. Creditors EU should “instead reschedule payments on the debt at interest rates lower.”

The chief economist of the International Monetary Fund says so as softer targets in terms of Greece’s budget are consistent with a sustainable debt only if the European countries, they will agree on a restructuring of the debt, then the their loans to Athens. At least with a lengthening maturities. The declaration of Blanchard – The Wall Street Journal – is seen in some European capitals as a warning to some countries, from Germany, why abandon the demand for austerity measures too restrictive or surrender part of the greek debt.

part of Germany, however, there seems to be the volonmtà to make special concessions: for Greece, “time is running out and are increasing the likelihood that no agreement is reached “said the president of the Bundesbank, Jens Weidmann – reports Bloomberg – speaking on the sidelines of a conference in Frankfurt.

” I rule out a Grexit as a reasonable solution. But no one can rule out everything: I can not rule out that a comet impacts the Earth, “says Finance Minister greek Janis Varoufakis , in an interview with Bild. “I’m not a prophet. The agreement could come in one night. But Angela Merkel has to be there. What I do know and that Frau Merkel, my colleague Wolfgang Schaeuble, I and all my colleagues in Europe have a great responsibility to our people, to avoid the disgrace, “he added Varoufakis.

“The insistence of the institutions about further cuts to pensions is politically expedient,” said Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras greek speaking to the newspaper Athenian Efimerida Syntakton ton (‘The newspaper editors). The premier stressed that creditors should not be considered “as a weakness our sincere desire to reach a solution, and the measures we have taken to overcome the differences.”

“The insistence institutions on new cuts in pensions, after five years of looting due to Memoranda, is nothing but a political gimmick. The greek government went to negotiation with a plan and with counter-proposals are well documented. We will remain patiently waiting until the institutions do not become realistic, “Tsipras stressed. “We are carrying on our shoulders the dignity of a people and the hope of the peoples of Europe. The responsibility is too heavy to be ignored. It is not a matter of ideological obsession. It is a matter of democracy, “said Tsipras which concluded that” we do not have the right to bury the European democracy in the place where it was born. ”

 15 June 2015 10:35 – Last Updated: 11:17

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