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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 13-11-27
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[01] FinMin: Deal with troika feasible by Dec. 9
[01] FinMin: Deal with troika feasible by Dec. 9
The government is making efforts to reach an agreement with the EC/CB/IMF
troika of lenders by December 9, Finance minister Yannis Stournaras
said after the end of a meeting with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on
Tuesday evening at the Maximos Mansion.
Stournaras stressed that the premier wishes that negotiations with
the troika be concluded before the country takes up the EU's rotating
presidency on January 1, 2014, expressing his conviction that this
was feasible.
Asked by reporters about his statement on Monday that there was no
over-taxation in Greece, Stournaras said that "the figures show that
as a percentage of GDP, public revenues are two points lower than the
European average."
"Everyone wants taxes to be cut," the minister said, rejecting that the
troika exerted pressure for further tax hikes.
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