France’s finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, expressed optimism on Monday, after meeting with his Greek counterpart Euclid Tsakalotos, over the outcome of Thursdays crucial Eurogroup in Luxemburg, which will seek to wrap up a funding agreement between Greece and its international lenders.
According to reports, Le Maire, who travelled to Athens in a bid to help break the deadlock in the talks ahead of the meeting in Luxemburg, presented a proposal whereby relief measures for Greeces mountainous debt will be strengthened when growth is weak and relaxed when growth is strong.
Greece desperately needs it next loan tranche as it has to make huge debt repayment of around 7 billion euros in July.Athens is also campaigning to convince its EU pa…
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