Debt talks in doubt as Greece struggles with new plans
- 9 years ago
Doubts have been raised over whether a crucial debt meeting in Brussels between the leaders of Greece France and Germany will go ahead today.
An unnamed EU official has described the latest reform proposals from Athens to unlock new funding as “insufficient” to warrant a further round of talks.
But with Greece said to be working on yet more ideas Eurogroup Chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem was less pessimistic:
“It’s not certain yet, it all depends on Greek proposals which have just come in and are now being studied by the experts, to see if they are substantial enough to move us towards a solution, so we still have to see if things can happen today.”
After a meeting between European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker and Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras on June 3, the Commission requested revised proposals from Greece that would explain how it wanted to reach fiscal targets in an alternative was, given it rejected measures on pensions and VAT proposed by the lendeders.
With the
An unnamed EU official has described the latest reform proposals from Athens to unlock new funding as “insufficient” to warrant a further round of talks.
But with Greece said to be working on yet more ideas Eurogroup Chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem was less pessimistic:
“It’s not certain yet, it all depends on Greek proposals which have just come in and are now being studied by the experts, to see if they are substantial enough to move us towards a solution, so we still have to see if things can happen today.”
After a meeting between European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker and Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras on June 3, the Commission requested revised proposals from Greece that would explain how it wanted to reach fiscal targets in an alternative was, given it rejected measures on pensions and VAT proposed by the lendeders.
With the