It is realistic to expect an agreement between the government and the troika of lenders by Sunday, government Vice President and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos said on Thursday, after a meeting at Maximos Mansion with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Greece ‘s Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras.
Larger issues are easier to resolve than smaller ones, which might not be so small, Venizelos said, while he stressed that the primary surplus for 2013 is a given and its distribution must serve both development and social targets. When you help poor people, you help the economy as well, he added.
Referring to the negotiations, he said that the fact they have been going on for so long (since September) shows the magnitude of the difficulties, unlike those who believe that they will use local political power, bravado or charm to resolve issues that are requiring long-term efforts to be resolved.
Venizelos also said, among other things, that structural issues would go through Parliament, and added that in terms of labour issues, the troika was not insisting on something outside common sense, or provocative or harmful to the unemployed and to working people.
(source: ana-mpa)
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