“Our goal is a new, different relationship, with a mutually accepted, clear and consensual exit from the memorandum” commented a high ranking Finance Ministry officer, after the conclusion of the Eurogroup session on Monday.
The unnamed officer insisted that the current troika review will be complete by the end of the year and refuted allegations that there are about 1,000 outstanding actions that the coalition government has yet to implement. The officer noted that Greece’s compliance rate was 22% in June, 65% in September and argued that the troika’s reviews never have a 100% rate.
When asked about the troika’s pressure on a series of reforms in national insurance, the officer noted that “we all want a sustainable insurance system, without any internal injustices, that is what we are trying to build”, hinting towards the possibility of actions that will result in an agreement with the troika.
Regarding the possibility of early elections on occasion of the upcoming Presidential election, which was also addressed in the press conference that followed the Eurogroup, the Finance Ministry officer stressed that neither his European counterparts, nor EU officers posed such a matter for discussion.
