Tsipras will wait “patiently” that creditors become “realistic”
The Greek prime minister says she will not accept further cuts in pensions after five years of “looting” and said that his government carries on his back not only the dignity of a people, but also the hopes of Europeans.
After the negotiations between Athens and creditors have failed again this coming weekend, Alexis Tsipras accused the international partners of “unreality,” a critique of it itself is the target. In an interview with a Greek newspaper, the prime minister says his government will wait “patiently” that international institutions to gain membership to reality.
“You can only find political reasons on the insistence of lenders on new cuts in pensions after five years of looting under the memorandum, “said Alexis Tsipras, told the newspaper Efimerida Ton Syntakton, quoted by Bloomberg. “We will wait patiently for the institutions to gain realism. We have no right to bury European democracy in the place where she was born.”
The Greek prime minister went further, ensuring that his government carries on his back . not only the dignity of a people, but hopes of European
“If some interpret as weakness government honest willingness to reach compromises and the measures taken to bridge the differences, should consider the following: we to carry back not only the dignity of a people, but also the hopes of the peoples of Europe. It is a burden too heavy to ignore. It is not a matter of ideological stubbornness. It is a matter of democracy, “Tsipras said.
The statements by the head of the Greek government come one day after failed negotiations between Athens and creditors, throwing any decision to the next Eurogroup meeting scheduled for this Thursday, June 18 in Luxembourg.
The Greek Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis believes that the rescue of Greece has to start again and that Europe should admit that what made so far “was a mistake.”
“We are all human and it is difficult to admit mistakes. I think it’s going to take time for the European institutions, Berlin and Brussels recognize that the program supported for five years was a mistake but there is no other way, “he said in an interview with Bild newspaper.” We will have to start from scratch with the rescue plan, make a clean sweep, “he added.
Bundestag will not approve new tranche to the IMF is not “fully” involved in the agreement
The criticisms made by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras international institutions were repeated by the parliamentary leader Angela Merkel’s party and to the Government of Athens.
Volker Kauder, parliamentary leader of the CDU, urged Greece to “look at the reality,” showing that tensions are rising in Berlin. The responsible are still warned that the Bundestag will not approve aid to Greece if the IMF did not fully involved in the agreement. It is recalled that the negotiating team of the IMF abandoned negotiations with the Greek government in Brussels last Thursday, because there are ” big differences “between the parties.
“We can not prove an additional payment if the IMF says it will not work. We are pleased that the IMF be with us, but if he says it will not work, then our parliamentary group will also say that we can not pay more tranches, “said the official, told ARD TV.
” We all know what is at stake. No one in Europe bears responsibility for this, except Greece itself, “concluded the official.
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