Greece: Junker, “progress”. “The agreement within a week” – AGI – Agenzia Journalistic Italy

08:10 June 23, 2015

(AGI) – Brussels, 23 June – The agreement on Greece and ‘at hand, but for the final okay bisognera’ wait until the end of this week: a new Eurogroup extraordinary convened for tomorrow should put pen to paper the details of the agreement between Athens and the International creditri while the Council of Thursday ‘and Friday dovrebbedare the final signature of long negotiation. “I am convinced that we will find an agreement later this week,” said EU Commission President, Jean Claude Juncker, during the final press conference dell’Eurosummit. For Juncker proposals put on the table from Athens, they are “a big step forward in the right direction” of the Eurogroup of Wednesday ‘next “you reach the results to be submitted to the Council on Thursday, I am convinced that we will reach an agreement in the course This week, “he continued. In any case, he said Juncker, times must necessarily be narrow, because ” we are not on a football field where there are extra time. ” Optimism also by the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, that “all the leaders of the EU are strongly committed to reaching an agreement.” Greece “must remain in the eurozone,” said German Chancellor who uses words of appreciation for the proposals put on the table by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras greek but invites all to an endgame intense, because ” there is’ no time “. The same message comes from the President Francesce, Francoise Hollande “We are moving toward an understanding” but “still working” to do “, he says. The more ‘cautious the number one of the International Monetary Fund, Cristine Lagarde, that” there’ still a lot of work to do in the next 48 hours between the extraordinary Eurogroup meeting this evening of Wednesday ‘. But the director of the IMF also underlines the efforts made by the government greek, stressing that the proposals are a step ahead of Athens. And Matteo Renzi, who had a bilateral with Prime Minister greek Alexis Tsipras before work, emphasizes the news ‘positive day but asks Tsipras to continue in this direction. “” All we have to work together’ cause the deal There is – said Renzi before the summit – Athens must meet its commitments are commitments of an economic nature, but also the EU must meet its moral obligations with regard to a country such as Greece, so it is not ‘only a discussion on the economic as well have been made some steps forward, but also a discussion about what kind of community ‘we want for our future. “The agreement, therefore, if the news circulating in these hours will be confirmed, will rotate’ around a series of steps that the parties were far apart and that seem to have found a point of contact: the pension system, the labor law to the tax authorities. According to the greek Minister of Economy, Giorgos Stathakis, there should also be an increase of ‘VAT on some products, but not on electricity’ and no cuts in pensions and public salaries: Greece would be ready also to new savings equal to 0.4% of GDP in 2015 and 1.0% of GDP in 2016, to a block of early retirement in 2016 and a surcharge on income over 30,000 €.