Council President Donald Tusk urged the eurozone to swiftly close talks on fresh reform measures for debt-hit Greece, saying it would help global economic stability.
“I urge finance ministers to reach an agreement very soon,” Tusk told reporters as he entered talks in Brussels with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and European Commission Chief Jean-Claude Juncker.
“And I hope that by the end of May, when we meet at the G7 summit, the implementation of Greece’s program is positively assessed. I want to encourage all the ministers and institutions to re-double their efforts in finalizing the review.”
Eurozone finance ministers are due to meet on May 9 to try to seal a deal on the first review of Greece’s June 2015 bailout, talks on which have been stalled since the end of last year.
(source: euractiv)
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