Mixed reaction in Athens to debt repayment delay

Mixed reaction in Athens to debt repayment delay

With no deal on Greece’s debt in sight and the government’s decision to postpone an IMF repayment along with three other debt instalments until the end of the month, reaction on home soil is a mixture of expectation and concern. br br “It is a negative development that the Greek government has opted for tactical reasons to postpone the payment. They did it so that they have more time to negotiate and don’t have to look for the 500 million euros they had to pay in the next installment. It allows them to reach an agreement with less pressure.Their partners should try to find as soon as possible a better solution than the one we saw last Monday, because it was socially cruel and did not serve the growth project that the country needs,” said Charalabos Gotsis, an economist in Athens.


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