PM briefs SYRIZA MPs on negotiation with lenders
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday during a meeting of SYRIZA’s parliamentary group briefed his deputies in detail over what has taken place since the new government took over with the focus being mainly on the negotiation issues, government sources said.
Tsipras referred to the difficulties and the climate the new government had to face, the alliances that were formed and the conflicts that took place, how things progressed from one Eurogroup meeting to the other and how the government managed to secure a strong negotiation position. According to the same sources, the premier referred to the government’s achievements during that period of time, which are:
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the distinction of the loan agreement from the memorandum
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the disengagement from the memoranda, as an austerity policy framework
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the interim agreement, which gives a breather to the Greek people
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the avoidance of a plan aimed at economic and fiscal asphyxiation and essentially aimed at the government being considered a "left parenthesis"
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the end of unrealistic primary surpluses
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the normality in the financial system by reaching an agreement at the Eurogroup
Regarding the list of the reforms sent to the partners, Tsipras noted that the government managed to replace the measures of the previous government with a series of targets by the new government based on the Thessaloniki programme. He stressed that a step has been taken, that things are tough and that the government is judged by its ability to negotiate and govern.
He also said the government should quickly put forward the government’s work, specify reforms and “build” credibility on the basis of implementing those reforms along with credibility to the partners about “being willing to make the necessary changes in thorny issues that persist for decades.”
