Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Saturday 7 September his intention to reduce the primary surplus targets (excluding debt services) that Athens must meet in the coming years as part of the exit of the third and final financial assistance plan.
“Using our positive results as a weapon, we can claim more realistic annual surplus targets”, he said.
On the basis of the terms of the exit from the third financial assistance plan of August 2018, the Greek authorities must...