Greece, Tsipras: “Only sustainable agreements”. Juncker: “Exit Greece … – The Republic

MILAN – The date circled in red is the one of June 18, when it meets next Eurogroup: the meeting will be crucial to understanding the fate of Greece. After skirmishes of the last hours, however, Athens seeking to draw closer to the creditors and all Europe – with exceptions Falcons Germans – grow reassurances: “Nobody – repeat the insiders – wants the exit of Greece from the euro”. “If we reach a sustainable agreement, in light of a difficult compromise, we will bear the weight” because “our goal is to overcome the crisis and the memorandum of servitude”, writes today the premier greek Alexis Tsipras in a statement. “But if Europe is still divisions and the continuation of slavery, we will refuse.”

In this regard, the European Commission President Juncker reiterated that Greece’s exit from the euro would have “devastating consequences” and the premier greek Tsipras “is aware”. Juncker added that “the negotiations will continue at a higher technical level” tomorrow, after today’s meeting. The same Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had admitted to being ready to grant some “out of the crisis”.

The ball is therefore in the hands of Athens today is expected to present a new proposal agreed: second rumors the draft would also include fiscal measures until now rejected. The initiative to bring Athens to the table with the other institutions would be playing by the same Juncker, while it is not yet clear if the delegation of the IMF, on Thursday left the negotiating table, will take part in the meeting. In the counterproposal of Athens could then be both fiscal and administrative measures, while in terms of VAT Greece would have confirmed the two rates of 6% and 23%, while it would still open the question of the intermediate rate.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Finance greek, Yanis Varoufakis, plays the card of diplomacy and later accused lenders of “wanting to sabotage the agreement” in an interview with the BBC portrayed: “I do not believe that no bureaucrat or politician in Europe may go this route. The Merkel – he adds – not even contemplate a Grexit “. The cutting of pensions, however, Varoufakis is not ready to make concessions: “Do not you will cut.” According to the minister greek, the cost of a possible Greek exit from the euro “would be at least 1,000 billion euro” for Europe.

So while the ECB’s chief economist, Peter Praet, says that the directors of the European Central Bank “wants that Greece remains in the euro”, but asks credibility to the country and the government, the Bundesbank believes that it is not possible to predict the full impact of a possible Grexit: “The direct effects of contagion – says the vice president of Buba, Claudia Buch to the Rheinische Post – on the other countries will be contained because the direct exposure of banks on Greece fell, but no one can know what may be the indirect effects “.

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Starring:

Jean Claude Juncker

Yanis Varoufakis