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Schaeuble: ‘Not one euro in advance for Greece’
German FinMin Wolfgang Schaeuble on Wednesday warned that “not one cent will be given in advance,” referring to the Greek program, while he underlined that the condition for depositing the pre-arranged funds will be adherence to terms.
“There are no new terms in the program. The people were given the wrong idea,” Schaeuble said in an interview with SWR radio station.
Independent Greeks seek parliamentary probe into bailout deal
Independent Greeks, the country's junior coalition partner, will submit a request for a parliamentary probe into the events that forced Greece to sign the first bailout agreement.
The decision was announced by Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos following a meeting of the right-wing anti-bailout party's MPs on Wednesday.
German conservative hardliners warn against vote on Greece
A group of hardliners among German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have urged lawmakers to take a tough stance on a loan extension to Greece, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reported on Wednesday.
Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has written to the speaker of the lower house of parliament requesting a vote this week on extending the bailout.
Greek deal with Eurogroup: A mixed bag of reforms
Eurogroup finance ministers approved Greece's reform package on Tuesday, marking the start of discussions as to how to cover the country's funding gap in two stages (a) the end of April, and (b) the end of July. Sources state that it is still unknown as to how Greece will be able to cover its funding needs.
EPP: Europeans are not willing to pay Tsipra’s promises
Although the European People’s Party may have greeted the deal between the Eurogroup and Greece, however, in a written announcement the EPP president Manfred Mebert stated that the “European taxpayers are not willing to pay Mr. Tsipras pre electoral promises” and stressed that “the Greek reform list announced cannot be yet another list of empty promises”.