Post-bailout talks with lenders to start on Sept. 10

No sooner had Greece completed its third and final bailout program than European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici announced a new round of talks between the Greek government and its lenders beginning on September 10 in Athens, on the country's draft budget for 2019.

The institutions want to reach an agreement on the measures before the draft budget is tabled in Parliament on October 1. The visit is expected to last a week and is seen as a first test of relations between the two sides in the post-bailout era.

According to sources, the left-led government is expected to present the full agenda of its plans for tax cuts and handouts for 2019, paving the way for the next election campaign.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is seen presenting some of these measures during his keynote speech at the annual Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF)...