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This article was published on July 1, 2015 at 19:10.
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Another day of high tension on Greece, the debt and the euro. In the afternoon the Prime Minister greek Alexis Tsipras has confirmed, in a speech to the nation, the referendum on Sunday: “The no is a decisive step for a better deal which we aim Monday, after the referendum,” he said. “This situation will not last for long. Wages and pensions will not get lost. For our part we will try to reject what the memorandum asks us, we will try to do everything possible in order to have better conditions, more positive, “he concluded the Prime Minister on television, assuring that his government” remains at the negotiating table “and “Eurogroup will respond immediately if there is a positive result.”
The economic ministers of the Eurozone, however, decided to wait for the greek referendum, scheduled for Sunday, before making any further discussion. “There are elements for further negotiations at this point. There will be talks in the coming days on proposals for financial arrangements. Wait for the outcome of the referendum on Sunday and we will take note of the result of that referendum, “he wrote the president of the Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, in a statement at the end of the conference call extraordinary. “There is room for an extension of the program” of financial aid to Greece after the overcoming of the terms of yesterday, clarified Dijsselbloem.
The meeting of Ministers had to evaluate a new counter-proposal to the creditors of Athens came through a letter where Greece shows itself willing to give in on a number of conditions, but asked for some changes.
“The Hellenic Republic is ready to accept this technical agreement with the following amendments, additions and clarifications, as part of an extension of the program of the new EFSF and ESM loan for which the request was made today , June 30, “reads the letter of Tsipras two pages dating back to last night and published by the Financial Times. It will include further details on the Greek request for a new bailout, through the European fund ESM, from € 29.1 billion.
Athens – according to the letter reported by Ft – accept the entire system of VAT reform subject to a discount of 30% for the Greek islands. The prime minister says he is ready even to the pension reform as requested by creditors, except to postpone to October, instead of immediately, the departure date of raising the retirement age gradually (expected in 67 years by 2022). Finance ministers will discuss at 17.30 Eurogroup in Brussels.
Berlin, however, already in day braked sharply: “No negotiations on new aid before the referendum in Greece,” he reiterated the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, arguing that Athens “has not complied with in full obligations ‘, though’ negotiations with Greece remains open. ” For Chancellor crisis in Greece “does not put at risk the future of Europe” but “the game is important and the world is watching.”
Very hard against the government Tsipras Wolfgang Schaeuble. The German finance minister argues that the current executive greek has worsened the situation in the country, it is pulled back to the commitments of the previous government led by Samaras, contributing to the “dramatic deterioration” of the situation in Greece. “This government – said Schaeuble talking to the Lower House of Berlin – has done nothing since he took office.” “He just reversed the measures, it is pulled back to the commitments of the previous government. He negotiated and negotiated. In all honesty you can not expect that we begin to discuss with them in a similar situation. We have to wait to see what happens in Greece. ”
Technical Doubts were expressed on the referendum by the Council of Europe, whose standards are not respected by the Greek consulting, in the light of too late.
A thought for the situation in Greece also comes from Pope Francis, who said he was concerned about the crisis and – reports the Vatican spokesman Father Lombardi – “want to make their closeness to the entire Hellenic people,” especially to families. He calls “the dignity of the person” remains at the heart of every “political debate and technical” and “taking responsible decisions.”
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