The Greek government is seeking a solution to its financial dead-end, before its funds run out and while Athens is looking to achieve an Interim Agreement, it maintains its “radio silence” in regards to the critical negotiations.
Talks have intensified over the last 24 hours, and despite the fact that everyone admits that there has been “some progress” on the matter, that is still not sufficient and Greece’s positions continue to differ from the positions of its creditor, showing a lack of trust on both parts.
In order to secure an agreement until next Wednesday the Brussels Group will resume its discussions on Sunday, April 26, while the possibility of an emergency Eurogroup meeting on Thursday, April 30 has not yet been excluded, despite objections from the partners. The Eurogroup meeting is expected to help with the partial disbursement of Greece’s bailout program.
Greek Government: Pushing for positive Eurogroup meeting atmosphere
Athens was shocked by the Eurozone finance ministers’ harsh attitude, only one day after the meetings between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, as well as French President Francois Hollande and the head of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker. The Greek government had assumed that entire meeting went well and that similar opinions had been expressed.
Therefore, Athens did not react for several hours and then attempted to separate what happened at the Eurogroup meeting, from what went on in the meetings with the European leaders, saying that the informal Eurogroup in Latvia attempted to reverse “the constructive and positive atmosphere of the meetings between Alexis Tsipras, Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande and Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels, where they expressed their intention to reach a solution.”
Meanwhile, the Greek government noted that “the pressure against Greece is expected to worsen as the time of the agreement signing draws closer.”
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