Brussels, 13/11/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 13 November, the European Commission said about Greece and the institutions (European Commission, IMF, ECB and European Stability Mechanism): “Progress has been made towards finalizing the measures in the first set and financial sector measures. We are in touch, continue to work together at political and technical level in order to deliver on all the aspects of progress.”
The Greek authorities must implement the first list of measures, reach agreement with the institutions on financial measures and, where possible, turn the agreement into legislation in order to ensure the release of a sub-instalment of aid worth €2 billion and access to the €10 billion set aside for recapitalising the banking sector. Mina Andreeva, a spokesperson for the European Commission, says that “Following final, completed assessment of compliance, with first set of milestones and financial sector measures” completed, then the institutions will be able to complete their assessment report on respect of the terms of the programme and, by the beginning of next week at the latest, decisions could be taken by the member states about access to the aid.
The Greek media say the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, met with the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, the French president, François Hollande, and the president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, on the fringes of a European summit in Malta. (Original version in French by Elodie Lamer)