The Spanish newspaper El Mundo is reporting that an agreement between Greece and its partners is likely soon – perhaps even on Sunday – in an article with the headline ‘An agreement for Greece’.
“Angela Merkel said ‘enough,’” according to the article which was written by the paper’s Brussels correspondent, citing sources familiar with the negotiations.
The “Finance Ministers have already received the relevant instructions from the heads of their governments to complete the negotiations with Greece in a way that is successful within the coming days,” the paper writes.
According to the same source, “a series of telephone conversations has taken place over the previous days, particularly among members of the European People’s Party in an attempt to coordinate their actions.”
“There is likely to be a political agreement, the decision has already been taken. Today there are already a two thirds probability for there to be an agreement within the coming days. It is likely that the review of the programme will be concluded in order for it to be possible to disburse funds and subsequently for negotiations to move forward on a third programme,” the same source told El Mundo.
A paradigm shift
According to the Spanish paper, behind the scenes this is a political ‘paradigm shift which has been put on the table for the first time’ for there to be a provisional political agreement over the program. Some have speculated that the agreement will be established on Sunday with the aim of it being approved at an emergency Eurogroup.
The paper writes that the new political agreement will render a new EU summit necessary in order for European leaders to agree on amendments to the demands of the program, to be approved at either an emergency Eurogroup, or at the Eurogroup meeting of the 18th of July, according to the paper's diplomatic sources.
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