Tensión entre líderes de ZE sobre Grecia
Genevieve Signoret & Patrick Signoret
En su reunión de ayer, el Eurogrupo discutió diversos temas sin hacer ninguna declaración significativa (Consejo de la UE). Pero Charlemagne (The Economist) observó tensiones entre los ministros de finanzas, sobre todo en lo tocante a Grecia, y notó que el presidente del Eurogrupo, Jean-Claude Juncker, reiteró enérgicamente que no se está considerando una salida de Grecia de la unión monetaria, y le molestó que otros hayan dicho o sugerido lo contrario.
The ministers confirmed that the current consolidation strategy undertaken will be pursued further. “It will continue to be the cornerstone of our strategy to correct our fiscal and macroeconomic imbalances, overcome the crisis and return to a sustainable growth path”, said Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the Eurogroup and the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, adding that “there is no contradiction between the fiscal consolidation and growth-oriented policies. To the contrary, they are mutually reinforcing”.
“The Eurogroup looks forward to the swift formation of the new Greek government that will take ownership of the programme and that has a sufficient parliamentary majority to implement fully the agreed policy conditionality”, said Mr Juncker.
The Eurogroup President confirmed that the member states are determined to provide the further financial assistance needed, adding that “continued fiscal and structural reforms are Greece’s best guarantees to a more prosperous future in the euro area”. The next disbursement of 1 billion euros to Greece is scheduled before the end of June.
Charlemagne citó parte de la conferencia de prensa de Juncker:
I made it perfectly clear that nobody was mentioning an exit of Greece from the euro area. I am strongly against. We are 17 member-states being co-owners of our common currency. I don’t envisage, not even for one second, Greece leaving the euro area. This is nonsense, this is propaganda.
We have to respect Greek democracy. I’m against this way of dealing with Greece, [which consists] in provoking the Greek public opinion and giving advice and indications to the Greek sovereign. Greece has voted, we have to take into account the result. We do hope that a government will be formed in the next coming days or weeks and then we have to deal with that government. We don’t have to lecture Greece.
But the Greek public, the Greek citizens, have to know that we agreed on a programme and this programme has to be implemented. But I don’t like the way of dealing with Greece, those that are threatening Greece day after day. This is not the way of dealing with partners, colleagues and friends and citizens in the European Union.