Greece has made progress on issues relating to upcoming troika talks, gov’t spokesman says

19:33 6/2/2014 - Πηγή: Matrix24

“The implementation of our commitments has progressed to a significant degree and on certain issues we are [doing] even better than the initial forecasts,” Kedikoglou said in statements to the local radio station “Vima FM”. He predicted that Greece would be ready before the next Eurogroup meeting.

On the issue of debt sustainability, Kedikoglou said that Greece “wants to implement the Eurogroup agreement of November 2012, which

refers to implementing commitments to reduce the debt without fiscal measures.”

“There are many ways. We will sit down and see which one is best but the goal is a given. Because when the sustainability of debt is ensured, then essentially we are free of the [bailout] memoranda. And we consider that the climate may change, because we have taken all the necessary, albeit difficult, decisions without the tangible results of these sacrifices having yet become apparent to people in their daily lives,” he said.

This was slowly starting to change, the spokesman added, with one indicator after the other showing improvement and the positive signs for the Greek economy starting to multiply.

The spokesman ruled out the prospect of early elections, noting that the prime minister had made it clear “in a clearcut and absolute way, that we want to finish our work and exhaust the four-year term.”

source: ΑΜΝΑ