Greece made payment to creditors, pushing back default by one day
Today, Greece made its next payment to the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) on time and in full. If the money had not arrived, the EFSF could have defaulted today.
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This was reported by “Correspondent” with reference to the German publication Handelsblatt.
Greece made its next payment to the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) on time and in full on Monday. The organization confirmed receipt of the transferred 50 thousand euros.
Compared to Greece's total debt, which exceeds 300 billion euros, the payment amount is small. But if the money didn't arrive, the EFSF could default today.
According to experts, the payment of 50 thousand euros indicates that the Greek authorities do not want to escalate the conflict with international creditors. At the same time, on June 30, Greece must return 1,6 billion euros to the IMF.
Meanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced her readiness for new negotiations with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on the debt crisis, despite the events of the last weekend, Prime reports.
On Saturday, an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Finance Ministers of the Eurozone countries (Eurogroup) was held in Brussels on the issue of a program of budgetary savings and reforms in Greece. The Eurogroup refused to extend the Greek support program beyond June 30, as Greek Finance Minister Yiannis Varoufakis requested. Having received a refusal, he left the meeting.
“The Chancellor actively communicated with members of the ruling coalition (Germany) and the government over the weekend and, of course, is ready to talk with Mr. Tsipras if he expresses such a desire,” said German government spokesman Steffen Seibert.
The day before, the Greek government suspended the operations of banks in the country for a week. Capital controls were also introduced to stop the flow of money abroad. At the moment, one person can withdraw no more than 60 euros per day from an ATM. Also in Athens, due to the closure of banks, tolls were canceled.
On July XNUMX, Greece will hold a referendum on the need to introduce austerity measures, which are insisted on by the “Big Three” creditors - the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Many believe that this referendum is essentially a vote on Greece's membership in the eurozone.
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