The Greek Parliament today votes on the agreement reached on Monday with Brussels and Athens could soon receive a bridging loan. Meanwhile, the number two of Greek Finance takes a step back.
After the farewell of Minister Yanis Varoufakis in the aftermath of the referendum, today too Deputy Minister Nadia Valavani resigned. "Alexis - reads a letter to Prime Minister Tsipras, according to reports by the newspaper To Vima -, I can no longer be part of this government". The deputy minister believes that Germany wants to "humiliate the government and the country to the bottom": Berlin's intention would be to get the austerity measures approved by the government in office, so as to bring it to collapse and have it replaced by a government of " willing".
Furthermore, Valavani said she was convinced that the "capitulation" signed by the Greek government does not allow for any prospect of recovery and that "in particular, this solution, imposed moreover by force, is not a sustainable solution". The outgoing deputy minister concluded the letter by thanking the prime minister for the opportunities he has been given and expressing the hope that the "battle" will continue.
Its today the Greek Parliament will have to express itself on heavy measures imposed by Europe to give the green light to the country's third bailout plan. If approved, the green light could already arrive today a 7 billion bridging loan to avert the emergency.
“There is still no conclusion on the bridging loan option for Greece, because negotiations are underway on the way forward, but we are facing the concerns of countries that have not adopted the euro to allow for an agreement". This was stated by the Vice-President of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, referring in particular to the UK and Czech Republic, who have already said they are not in favor of using the European financial stability mechanism (which involves all members of the European Union, not just members of the Eurozone).
London believes that the accounts of the euro area "must be settled by the member countries" of the currency area (the head of the British Treasury, George Osborne, declared yesterday). Instead, Prague argues that the best solution for everyone would be Grexit.
