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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 17-05-21
CONTENTS
[01] The lenders must meet their commitments, says gov' spokesman
Tzanakopoulos
[01] The lenders must meet their commitments, says gov' spokesman
Tzanakopoulos
The sense of urgency should not exist only for the Greek government,
said government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos in an interview with
RealNews newspaper on Sunday.
We are very well aware that the Greek economy must fully and totally
stabilise and we did whatever we could, we met all those agreed. We
hope our lenders to do the same. The institutions compliance report to
be ready on time and tabled at the Eurogroup meeting on Monday and of
course the discussion for the debt to complete, said Tzanakopoulos.
It is of great importance the Greek economy to stabilise totally and
finally, he underlined adding that "there are still differences between
the IMF and Berlin and nobody can say for sure that the agreement will be
reached on May 22 or a couple of days will be needed to have white smoke".
Asked on when the country will tap the markets, Tzanakopoulos said that
the prime minister has clearly stated that the government's aim is this
to happen immediately after the comprehensive agreement that will pave
the way for the inclusion in ECB' quantitative easing programme. "The
indications we have from the performance of the Greek bonds that were
are on a positive course. The specific date will depend on the next days'
developments".
Referring to the government's priorities after the agreement, the
government spokesman noted that "the way opens for the final exit from
the crisis. For us, top priority at this phase is to create conditions of
recovery with productive investments that will lead to the restoration
of the employment. To continue the huge effort for the restructuring of
the social state and of course to proceed with deep democratic changes. "I
believe that a new period starts and based on the results we will have the
Greek people, in two years from now when we will have general elections,
will give us again the mandate for another four-year tenure", concluded
Tzanakopoulos.
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