There are significant chances that Greece and the lenders will manage to reach a deal within the next few days, according to government sources. At the same time that optimism continues to emerge from the prime ministerial offices, EU officials have noted significant progress has been made in talks between the technical teams of the Brussels Group.
According to reliable information obtained by TheTOC, a teleconference is to be held today between the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande.
A meeting to be held tomorrow in Berlin between the German chancellor, the French president and the president of the European Commission Jean-claude Juncker is also considered to be of major importance. In the event that white smoke emerges from the Brussels Group, the three leaders may give the green light to the EuroWorking Group and the Eurogroup to open the way for some bailout loans to be disbursed to Greece in order to allow the country to meet its obligations to the IMF in June.
Following yesterday’s marathon 8 hour meeting of those in charge of the political negotiations at the Prime Minister’s offices, chaired by Alexis Tsipras, government sources have spoken of an ‘overall improvement in critical issues,’ but also of gaps, ‘which remain and which an effort is being made to cover.’
Indeed, according to reports which were not confirmed during yesterday’s meeting, the drafting of a provisional agreement was begun, given that there was a convergence of views over VAT, restricting early retirements and the gradual unification of social security funds.
The key goal of Athens and the prime minister’s office is for any agreement to have a reference to a future restructuring of the debt and to a package of measures aimed at triggering growth in order for it to be passed in parliament with as few losses as possible within SYRIZA and the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition.
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