Fever consultation with a view to Eurogroup

Intensive are the contacts in the background with the time counting down to the Eurogroup on Monday…
All sides are trying up to five to find some common place so that it recorded some progress in the meeting of Finance ministers on Monday, possibly to be given the green light for the return of the Institutions in Athens.
The stigma of backstage consultations give the leaks to the Press, revealing the climate of what’s going on behind the closed doors of Brussels. Convergence, but not enough progress to be the Eurogroup’s final decision on the closure of the evaluation has noted the representative of the German ministry of Foreign affairs, στέλνοντς at the same time message on the eve of the IMF in the programme, which he described as necessary. “We have always said that the involvement of the IMF is necessary,” said in a regular Press conference.
A little later, an article in the magazine Spiegel spoke about participation of the International Monetary Fund in the rescue package of Greece with a sum of up to five billion euros – something which the Fund itself does not seem to agree, as is clear from statements made by the representative of the.
According to the German magazine, the IMF agrees with most of the view of European lenders that Greece will need to secure the 2018 primary surplus of 3.5% of GDP.”The involvement of the IMF in the Greek program was until now uncertain,” writes the Spiegel, and adds that the lenders hope for how the forthcoming elections in the Netherlands and in France is expected to push for faster adoption of the second assessment, as well as the election results could potentially complicate the situation.
“We will not comment on hypothetical scenarios,” replied the representative of the IMF asked about an article in the German magazine. “The positions of the Fund are widely known and have not changed in the last few months,” he said.
At the same time, the Deutsche Welle, in an article entitled “Discount to the IMF in order to remain in the program?”, notes that the deputy representative of the German government, Ulrike demer river confirmed indirectly the telephone communication from the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, with the head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, before a few days. Mrs demer river has not wanted to comment on the newspaper Welt that mrs Lagarde promised that the Fund will remain in the program and that the debate on the relief will be after the German elections.
According to the publication, the government μπρίφινγκ occupied and the statement of the head of the group of the European People’s Party in the european parliament, Manfred Weber. According to the German Χριστιανοκοινωνιστή the IMF will have to withdraw from the Greek program, if it asks for a haircut debt. In response to this request, the representative of the ministry of Finance, Φριντερίκε von Τίζενχαουζεν, described as: “indispensable” participation of the Fund, both in terms of expertise and in terms of its economic contribution and reiterated the commitment Lagarde in conversation with the German Finance minister, on the sidelines of the Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
That was interesting, that the representative of the ministry of Finance has denied information that in order to remain in the Greek program, Germany intends to propose limiting the financial participation of the Fund – in fact it sounds the amount of 5 billion euros. On Wednesday, however, the chancellor Angela Merkel will meet in Berlin with the head of the Fund Christine Centuries, and in the afternoon with the president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker.
Asked by Deutsche Welle if the ministry of Finance has no information on when it will return to the representatives of the institutions in Athens, mr. von Τίζενχαουζεν replied that he does not know. However, the ministry has informed that there is “good progress” with regard to the consultation of the institutions among themselves and “progress” in terms of the talks of the institutions and Greece. The question of whether he knows if on Monday the Eurogroup will be able to decide on a date for the reimbursement of institutions, mr. von Τίζενχαουζεν replied that he doesn’t want to “outrun”. However, it is certain that in spite of the “approach” which is found in Greece, the Eurogroup is not going Monday to decide for the evaluation. By “technically” I still need time to complete.