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This article was published on June 7, 2015 at 14:29.
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ELMAU – Shoal replica of the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, until now the representative of the Greece’s international creditors more open to dialogue with Athens, in the first official reaction to the speech last Friday in Parliament by Prime Minister Greek Alexis Tsipras, who described the proposals of the institutions ‘inadmissible’. Juncker accused of having distorted Tsipras, in his speech, some proposals of creditors, and had not yet submitted a counter proposal to continue the negotiations. The she recalled also that “to maintain a friendship it takes to comply with minimum standards” and that Athens is a deadline coming up, although declined to specify a date. The extension of the aid program prior to 30 June next, but any agreement must go before Parliament greek and also those of other eurozone countries, including Germany and Finland.

” On Wednesday, when we met Tsipras – Juncker said at a press conference before the summit of the G-7 to Elamu, Bavarian Alps – we were ready to negotiate, Greece no. Tsipras promised a proposal for Thursday, then Friday and we have not yet received. We have submitted a bid that was not to take or leave, but indicated that we were ready to discuss different points of disagreement. “

Next Wednesday, on the sidelines of the meeting between Europe and Latin America in Brussels, the greek prime minister is scheduled to meet again Juncker, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande and representatives of other creditors, including Fund Monetary and European Central Bank, but this will only be possible on the basis of a document that for now has not yet reached.

Once again, the President of the Commission excluded the exit of Greece from the monetary union but “this does not mean that I will try to make a rabbit out of the hat. I wish I had the Greek proposal for time. ” Juncker, who said he was “disappointed” by the words of the greek prime minister, also accused of failing Tsipras, in his speech to the Parliament in Athens, that lenders have responded to its demands on minimum pensions.

The President of the European Council, the Polish Donald Tusk, said that “Greece needs the money and creditors want guarantees that they will be reimbursed, but the question is not, as has been submitted by someone, that debtors are always right by Morally and creditors immoral. “

The press conference of the European representatives was held at the resort of Elmau, while still some of the leaders of the G-7 were arriving at the airport of Monaco of Bavaria (the Prime Minister Matteo Renzi welcomed by a Bavarian band on the song “Blue”) and Chancellor Merkel and the US president, Barack Obama, celebrating the friendship between the two countries in the neighboring village of Kruen with a breakfast of local specialties. Although it is not officially on the agenda, the Greek case will inevitably on the table of the G-7, as the uncertainty on the matter is likely to have a negative impact not only on the eurozone, but also on the global economy, a concern expressed by strength mainly from the United States and confirmed by Obama in the meeting with the German chancellor. The European economy, said Juncker, is moving “slowly” on the road to recovery and will grow by 1.8% this year and next by 2.1%, but “this is not enough.” The European leader also stressed the importance of implementing the TTIP trade negotiations with the United States, an option opposed by many of the protesters who yesterday demonstrated between Garmisch and Elmau. Thirty-one million jobs in Europe, said Juncker, depend directly on trade inrernazionale.



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