MILANO (Reuters) – Greece and international creditors are close to agreement on the goals of primary surplus for the coming years, while the Greek Government does not intend to make cuts to lower pensions or impose other measures recessive.
He says the premier greek Alexis Tsipras in an interview with Corriere della Sera, calling on the countries of southern Europe, including Italy, to support the position of Athens in their own interest.
“I think we are very close to agreement on the primary surplus for the coming years. As long as there is a positive attitude on alternative proposals to cut pensions or imposition of recessive “said Tsipras.
The meeting tomorrow with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President French Prime Minister Francois Hollande Hellenic expects discussions about and defining time for a clear agreement on the reform program that unlocks the financial aid needed to avoid default of the country and likely a subsequent exit from the euro, after four months of infruttoso negotiated.
Meanwhile, this morning, an EU official said that the Commission received a new proposal for reform of the Greek authorities that could unlock new finanziaziamenti in Athens.
According to the leader of Syriza skepticism expressed by EU, ECB and IMF with respect to the proposals made by the government in greek alternative to cuts and new fiscal tightening it is a symptom of resistance to acknowledge the failure of the reforms made in the past five years from Greece on the mandate of the three institutions.
“It’s not an easy decision, we have to think But the cost of a perpetual crisis, or worse still at historical cost of a failure, “he warns.
This last possibility for Tsipras, which excludes new elections, “it would be the beginning of the end of the euro area”, and the markets would immediately look for the next victim.
Among the most exposed economies there would be the much larger size of the Greek such as Spain and Italy, with its debt of 2,000 billion, but the failure of the negotiations would be an enormous loss for all European taxpayers, the premier added.
“If Greece will get something good from this negotiation – for example, less austerity – the road is open to all. For this, especially the countries of the South, should support the Greek position, in their own interest. “
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