The
International Monetary Fund has called on eurozone ministers to offer Greece
debt relief, following the approval of a new bailout deal.
She said the country needed significant
relief "well beyond what has been considered so far". "Greece
cannot restore debt sustainability solely through actions on its own," she
added. The BBC's Adam Fleming in Brussels says finance ministers will consider
possibly writing off some of the country's debts in the autumn.
The first tranche of loans will be for
€26bn. This will include €10bn to recapitalise Greek banks and €16bn in several
instalments - the first of which will be for €13bn and will be delivered in
time for Greece to repay about €3.2bn to the European Central Bank (ECB) by 20
August.
European Commission President Jean-Claude
Juncker said the deal sent a message "loud and clear" that Greece
will stay in the eurozone. It comes at a political cost for Greek Prime
Minister Alexis Tsipras, who has faced a rebellion in his left-wing Syriza
party.
More than 40 MPs voted against him when
parliament decided on the bailout agreement on Friday, after all-night talks.
He managed to push it through with the help of members of the opposition. Dutch
Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who chaired the Eurogoup meeting where
the deal was hammered out, said he was confident it would "address the
main challenges facing the Greek economy".
He acknowledged that dealing with debt was
an important issue, especially for the IMF, but Germany has so far been
vehemently against any debt "haircut" that would cost creditors
billions of euros. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told Deutsche
Welle radio: "Outright debt forgiveness doesn't work at all under European
law."
Mr Schaeuble added that there was "a
certain amount of room to extend maturities further", but cautioned:
"His room is not very big." Germany's parliament is to hold a special
session on Wednesday to decide on whether to approve the Greek bailout.
Πηγή: bbc.com
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