Greece “is ready and wants to” an agreement with Europe, but in need of hope. A hope that has to come from the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. This was stated by Finance Minister greek, Yanis Varoufakis, as reported by Bloomberg.
If Greece has to implement reforms successfully needs hope, says Varoufakis yet. A “speech of hope”, should arrive by Merkel and should ‘mark a break with the past five years of new loans “that – continues the greek minister – have gone to add to an already unsustainable debt and conditioned to doses of punitive austerity .
The political offensive of Merkel, with a flurry of meetings at the highest level between Berlin and Brussels resulted in a proposal more ‘soft’ to unlock the impasse in Greece, but for the moment does flop. Athens has refused the offer of creditors fact, deciding to defer the payment due Friday at the IMF and throwing again uncertain negotiations.
“The proposals (by creditors, ed) would increase poverty and unemployment, “while serving a” immediate convergence towards the most realistic, “reads a note from the Ministry of Finance of Greece.
A cold shower on the deal – although the coup de theater in the Greek crisis have often given way to reason – which had been revived after pressure from Washington, worried about the impact of a possible default, and accepted by the Chancellor with an emergency meeting in Berlin Tuesday with Mario Draghi, Christine Lagarde, Francois Hollande and Jean-Claude Juncker.
And what the default is around the corner (Athens has said in the past that it would pay the IMF without agreement) reveals the decision, contrary to the allegations until a few hours first is that the IMF from Athens, not to pay the installment due tomorrow establishment of Washington: Greece “intends to merge the four payments in June in a single payment on June 30,” a statement from the IMF that, calling a decision interior dating back to the ’70s, seems to agree.
If the policy had decided to reclaim the dossier greek shifting the emphasis from the technical negotiations, their policy seems to have given the stalemate. The premier greek Alexis Tsipras, after meeting Wednesday to dinner with Merkel and Hollande, said he was “optimistic, we are close to an agreement”, and also by the EU Commission and Eurogroup came positive statements. What happened on his return to Athens, where on Thursday Tsipras held a meeting with Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and Friday at 18 will take before Parliament?
A cause ‘waste’ Official the European proposal would not only differences with IMF, EU and ECB, but also in the interior: with an increasing portion of Syriza promises battle of rumors, denials of a vote of confidence. Parliament Vice-President greek, Alexis Mitropoulos said that early elections now seem inevitable after Brussels prevailed “extreme opinions.”
Merkel, struggling with a time bomb that could trigger the ‘exit from the euro, creating a dangerous precedent, is cautious: “Germany wants Greece is part of the euro,” but “it takes an effort on the part of Athens,” he says to Tg1.
less lying, probably, the climate to the IMF, with which Lagarde referring to Draghi calls for a “strong agreement” but also mentions, covertly, it would be appropriate to restructure the debt greek. After four months of negotiations it all comes back into play, therefore, and it is unclear when Tsipras will return to Brussels to resume negotiations with the EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
The distances remain, although not insurmountable Tsipras proposed a primary surplus for 2015 between 0.85 and 1% rising to 3.5% in 2018, now numbers close to those proposed by the creditors. But do not agree in the counts of the document greek and ask more determined action on security (where Tsipras proposes a gradual approach on early retirement), the rise in VAT (the proceeds of which would remain unchanged), at work (where Athens insists on the reintroduction of collective bargaining and on the rise, albeit gradually, the minimum wage).
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