Athens, Greece - Greece of short of liquidity Government promised Monday to raise an additional euro11.8 billion ($17.5 billion) at the end of 2013 through repression against tax fraud and indicated he could request a second extension of his rescue loan repayment.
Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou described the repression of the tax, which includes the appointment of an attorney for former terrorism effort, one year after the Greece was rescued from the verge of bankruptcy by a package of rescue European billion ($164 billion) of the European Union and the Monetary Fund International.
He also suggested that Athens would like a second extension in the schedule of repayment of the loan.
"I expressed the hope that we could have an even better arrangement concerning the reimbursement of European billion" Papaconstantinou said comments that he made in an interview with the daily French release. "".
In the interview published Monday, the Minister said Athens favored that repayment schedule "be delayed again and that the interest rate is lowered still more..."In this way, we treat our other deadlines. ?
The Greece has already had time to reimbursement for rescue loans extended three to 7 1/2 years and the average rate cut by about 4% percentage point, but with the still the contracting economyThus, the debt burden remains many hefty observers think that the country would be better off looking for ways of how it can reduce the total amount, that it must in fact.
In the meantime, Greece attempts to raise so much money that he can and its new measures were announced in the week that the inspectors of the EU debt and the IMF are due in Athens. They have warned that the Greece needs to improve its tax system to the end that a low running in the State revenues that threatens the financial rescue program.
Speaking at a press conference in Athens, Greek Papaconstantinou said that the Greece was in talks with Swiss authorities to monitor deposition. The deal, said, would look like a recent agreement between Britain and the Switzerland which allows the Bretons with Swiss bank accounts to send home taxes while preserving their privacy.
Other measures include the creation of a division of star of the inspectors of the fraud and the designation of a former Chief Prosecutor who handled terrorism cases to help the tax collection effort. Former Prosecutor Yiannis Diotis led the fatal case far-left terror against the Greece on November 17, which led to the conviction of 15 members suspected in 2003.
"Tax evasion is a crime against the country", Papaconstantinou said, noting that the measures include harsher penalties for bribery of officials of the tax authorities, a radical reorganization of the tax-office structure and increased use of tax services online.
"It is the first time that such a systematic effort was undertaken," said the Minister.
The economy of the black country is approximately one third of gross domestic product of the country is estimated by the Greek financial research groups, the European Union and the Organization for economic cooperation and development.
The country of quick debt 142,8% of GDP in the last year, or euro328 billion ($487 billion), the number of analysts and politicians in Europe have said Greece will inevitably have to the restructuring of its debt at one time - a restructuring could reduce the total amount of money in Greece must or give much more than time to repay.
But the Government - and the European Union - are adamant that is not on the cards.
Restructuring of debt for the Greece "is not part of our strategy and will not," top economic affairs of the European Union official Olli Rehn said in Brussels Monday.
Rehn said supporters of restructuring appear to be aware of the risks to global financial stability that would involve such an approach.
European officials have warned that a restructuring of the debt of the Greece could lead to panic in similar financial markets following the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, the turbulence by dragging the bottom of banks and other countries who have difficulties of the euro area.
Papaconstantinou recalled once more that the country was not seeking a restructuring.
"We have said on many occasions and we continue to say: no there is no Greek debt restructuring,"he says. ".
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Elena Becatoros Athens, Gabriele Steinhauser in Brussels and Jamey Keaten in Paris has contributed.
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