Tsakalotos in NYC for Capital Link Invest in Greece Forum
Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos left Athens on Thursday to attend the 19th Annual Capital Link Invest in Greece Forum on December 11 in New York.
- Published in Greece
Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos left Athens on Thursday to attend the 19th Annual Capital Link Invest in Greece Forum on December 11 in New York.
The government is reducing spending on the social protection of the weaker social groups, despite the assurances of Euclid Tsakalotos that taxes go to finance the government's social policy, while increasing the contributions paid by employers and professionals. This will result in the much-touted, by the government, budget surplus for 2018.
"It will be a rare event for Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos to go to the Eurogroup in Brussels so relaxed, this Monday. Not so much because the stern Wolfgang Schäuble will not be at the table, since even if he was, he would have no serious reason to criticize him, as the salvation of Greece seems to be on the right track at last," writes German newspaper "Handelsblatt" in a report from Athens.