The Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has fiercely condemned the International Monetary Fund’s insistence on not accepting the equivalent fiscal measures recently submitted by the Greek government.
Government sources revealed that prior to his departure for Brussels, PM Tsipras told his associates that the non-acceptance of equivalent measures is unprecedented. He argued that the IMF accepted alternatives in the case of Ireland and Portugal and estimated that the Fund either does not want an agreement, or serving specific interests in Greece.
The International Monetary Fund has objected to a number of measures proposed by the Greek government, specifically raising corporate taxes and insurance contributions from employers, claiming that they are ‘recessionary’.
