With a series of telephone contacts of Alexis Tsipras with European leaders and officials in the government returns to the rhythms of trading one day after the finalization of short-term measures for the debt.
From the environment of the prime minister are being held close to the vest for the leaders, who will contact Alexis Tsipras, given, however, the agenda for the speeding up of negotiations and their completion is possible and before Christmas. The question of the contacts of the two major “thorns” to the Herod Atticus that is not other than labour, in which it rejected each of the objections that go beyond the european acquis, as well as the requirements of the IMF for additional measures beyond the agreed and for the years 2019-2020.
Especially on the subject of the attitude of the representative of the IMF, the Eurogroup, Paul Thomsen, it is apparent the reflection in the Herodes Atticus for the possibility of an underground agreement with Wolfgang Schaeuble. Indicative is the clear peak left by the government representative at the briefing of political journalists against mr Thomsen, saying that “while the IMF has advocated the need to reduce surpluses, mr. Thomsen yesterday instead of to push in this direction seemed to accept the height of the surpluses and pushing for new measures that the Greek side”, a position which is the long-standing request of Berlin.
“We expect IMF and the German ministry of finance to contribute to the effort that we do,” added mr. Τζανακόπουλος, by calling the Fund to stop pushing the Greek government for new measures and to turn the pressure on European partners for a reduction of surpluses.
Despite the intention to preserve high on the agenda the achievement of the objective to alleviate the debt burden, already the first celebrations have left their position in the return to the hard poker for the closure of the assessment, as no one at the Maximos Mansion wants to think about the possibility of new delays for the second assessment, as it left open the possibility of the German Finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble.
Something like this will also put you at risk, and the prospect of Greek banks in the program of quantitative easing of the ECB, which, if achieved in the first quarter of 2017, as is the goal, is estimated by associates of the prime minister that will pave the way for the gradual exit of country to the markets.
At the same time, on the home front and the contemptuous attitude of the SOUTHWEST for the short-term measures for the debt, which he described as “obvious”, government sources recall that unlike the PSI, the new debt relief, “at least 45 billion. euro was not accompanied by measures and did not cost a single euro to the taxpayer”, while repeating that “because their arguments are not believed, they insist that it will take new measures, SYRIZA -out falling”.
Fear of Tsipras for collusion Thomsen – Schaeuble
—