Brussels (AFP) - the Finance Ministers launched formal negotiations Wednesday by telephone about the financial "modalities" of a new Greek rescue plan that said a euro-zone EU diplomat will be high EUR 90 billion.
The head of the Ministerial Eurogroup, Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, said the Ministers "had a first Exchange of views on the modalities for financing the Greece adjustment program" during a conference call.
The talks followed the conclusion of a mission of the European Union and the International Monetary Fund research on the need for new funding and assistance prepared the groundwork for dinner talks planned between the Finance Ministers of the EU June 14 in the period preceding a Summit 23-24 June by national leaders.
Juncker has set the tone for the intermediate days when he called in his statement to a "stimulus" from the Greek strives to reduce spending, sell property and improve the collection of taxes, following the analysis of the Ministers of the revision of the plan to rescue EU and IMF.
"We recognize the significant progress achieved so far by the Greek authorities, in particular with regard to fiscal consolidation, while a revival of structural reforms more broad and budget remains necessary," said Juncker.
The Greece received a rescue of 110 billion euro ($160 billion) the year, but with the debts of the State rose by some 350 billion euros and a deeper that the recession expected reduce the impact of sharp, cutting spending, the second rescue plan is considered inevitable.
The Finance Ministers of 16 other States of the euro area said Juncker "share the view expressed by the tro?ka (EU - IMF mission)"that the strict help to restore the financial viability, to preserve the competitiveness of stability and financial boost.""
It welcomes the commitment of the Greek Government in a privatization program, originally aimed at raising 50 billion euros by 2015, but said the diplomat should contribute "third" of the new rescue plan or $ 30 billion.
Another third would come from the eurozone and IMF loans, although it is not clear if it is ready to be paid under the number a rescue plan.
Crucial for the moment, a similar amount is also planned to "rollover" of the debt owed to private creditors, the diplomat noted, although Juncker did not in his statement on how the financial terms it called in were ventilated, involving some figures on a second rescue plan.
"We stressed the importance of the Greece cross-party support," Juncker added, after a political leader of the Greek opposition met with senior leaders of the EU in Brussels.
"The adjustment of the Greek economy can succeed only when all relevant political parties subscribe the objectives and the main parameters of the program."
In a letter sent to the partners of the zone euro has also made public Wednesday, the German Finance Minister Wolfgang Sch?uble said private banks must give up collecting Greek public debt for seven years as a condition for the new financial aid to Athens.
An agreement could be reached "by" an exchange of link leading to an extension of Greek sovereign bonds in circulation by seven years.
Taxpayers in several European countries such as the Austria, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands and the Slovakia are strongly opposed by most for the Greece.
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