"If our creditors have not yet reached the point of respecting our reports and accepting them, if they need more time, we can take it into account and give it to them," said Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in an interview with Handelsblatt.
Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos asked for a clear-cut solution on the Greek debt on Wednesday, speaking at an Economist conference held in Frankfurt titled “A glimpse into Europe’s financial landscape-Greece: A comeback to the financial markets?”
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed in a telephone contact that a solution to the Greek debt issue is necessary and feasible at the next Eurogroup meeting on May 22.