demanding austerity measures in return, writes the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on the occasion of the ongoing negotiations of the Greek government and creditors, in an article titled “Greece should continue the negotiations”. And the journal of the Frankfurt adds: “in Accordance with Greek high-ranking official, there are still open four or five issues, while it is not clear when there will presumably be agreement at the technical level (staff level agreement). The international lenders demand further austerity measures of € 3.6 billion, among which reduction of the tax-exempt the 6,000 euros, reductions in pensions, but also radical changes in the labour law. At the same time, the Greek side asks for measures to stimulate the economy, such as the reduction of VAT in the tourism sector. The results will be updated today Thursday the Working Group of the Eurogroup”.
In the negotiations in Athens referred to the Neue Zurcher Zeitung in an article entitled “Athens and lenders in negotiating stress”. H swiss journal observes: “for seven years, the Greece depends on the financial support of international lenders. And this summer, the country needs another dose of stimulus package to repay debts that are over 7 billion euros. But because Greece is having problems, again returns to the ghost of bankruptcy and exit from the eurozone”.
Spiegel: “Farmers from Crete are protesting against austerity”
The time that the Greek government negotiates with lenders new austerity measures, which affect farmers from Crete, some of them are protesting violently in Athens, notes Spiegel Online in an article entitled “Farmers from Crete are protesting against austerity”. And the German magazine continues: “in Front of the ministry of Rural Development, farmers were attacked with γκλίτσες the cops, causing damage to police vehicles, set fire to trash bins and threw stones on the windows of the ministry. Security forces responded with tear gas and batons. Several streets in the centre of the capital were excluded because of the mobilisation. One of the farmers said: “we Will take back all the measures. We’ll take care of that”. From the beginning of 2017, the government increased taxation and the contributions of farmers in the pension funds,” concludes the online Spiegel.
Shame for Europe, the closing of the Balkan Route
A year after the closing of the Balkan Route, the Berliner Zeitung comments: “For those of you who were afraid that their countries will collapse under the weight of hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants, the day that marks the correct response to the policy of de facto open borders. In reality, however, the 9th of March is a day of shame. The Europeans are well aware that the seal of the Balkan Route has intensified the action of the traffickers while increasing even more the prices demanded by refugees and immigrants. From the beginning of 2017, there is a significant rise of those who risk the sea crossing of the Mediterranean. Already the 2016 drowned more people than ever. This year, the negative record will be broken. And that is a shame for Europe, underlines the newspaper of Berlin.
“Athens and lenders in negotiating stress”
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