Greece, Eurogroup against Varoufakis: “It ‘s an amateur” – ANSA.it

Part of the problem in the talks with Athens is represented by the interlocutor of the Eurogroup, ie the Minister Yanis Varoufakis, which loses more and more the trust of colleagues. Growing frustration of Ministers directed against greek finance continues to “not make speeches but real lessons”. Such is the confidence that the Eurogroup announced the outcome of the meeting directly to the premier Tsipras, ‘bypassing’ Varoufakis, “to make sure the message gets corrected.” A waster, a gambler, an amateur would have been called the Minister of Finance greek Yanis Varoufakis by some of his colleagues to the Eurogroup of Riga, for the way is conducting negotiations with international creditors.

“Time is running out, speed is essential” is the ultimatum to Greece of the European Central Bank President Mario Draghi at the end of the Eurogroup, explaining to share the findings of the Eurogroup Chairman Dijsselbloem (Athens knows that time is running out).

“It ‘was – admitted the Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem – a very critical discussion, we made a deal two months ago, now believed to be able to make a decision, but instead we are very far and so yes, it was a very critical debate. On Greece needs to be done: there is a sense of urgency, the Greeks know that time is running out, but in April still is not finished. We need a global agreement on the list of reforms before any disborso tranche of aid, “the Greeks” were made progress but there are still wide differences “,” everyone knows that time is running out, the responsibility is in the hands of the Greeks, an agreement is in their interest. In negotiations with Greece “there are still problems very, very big to be solved.” And the idea of ​​tying together the current discussion on the completion of the second aid program to the one on the third floor, it is not feasible for the president. “It ‘s crucial to have an agreement before this, and then we talk about the post in June. It’ hard to get an agreement on the future if you can not have it over a period of four months,” he explained. For this “frame” in which it moves the Eurogroup remains the agreement of February 20, clarified.

Varoufakis , “today we expressed the determination to an agreement fast, and expressed

anxiety about the amount of time that you are using to bring together our views, “said Varoufakis. Although, he said, there has been in recent weeks, “a clear indication that the process goes towards convergence”, today we also discussed “the points on which there is common ground.” As “the demand by some of the institutions of pension cuts, something to which the government greek opposes because it considers them necessary for financial stabilization”. Then there is the question of the “moratorium on the confiscation of the first houses, where our vision is this: in poor areas, seize the first house would create homeless”, and also “reduce the capitalization of banks”, because with the recession housing market “prices go to the ground” and the banks that use the buildings as collateral find themselves with no real value. Finally, the question of the primary surplus. These are “the reasons for which there is no agreement,” he said.

“We have a liquidity problem because Greece is financing the debt with its resources and instead, by existing agreements, should be refinanced with aid “: it was said Finance Minister greek Varoufakis who declined to specify the extent of the problem of Athens.

On Greece” needs to be done Moreover, there is a sense of urgency, the Greeks know that time is running out, but in April still is not finished, “said Dijsselbloem .

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