Het is onzeker of Griekenland volgende maand nog geld krijgt van het IMF, waarschuwt Jean-Claude Juncker. De Luxemburgse premier en hoofd van de Eurogroep eist garanties van de Grieken dat ze in staat zijn 12 maanden lang schuld te herfinancieren.
Van Bloomberg: There are specific IMF rules and one of those rules says that IMF can only take action when the refinancing guarantee is given over 12 months,” Juncker said today at a conference in Luxembroug. “I don’t think that the troika will come to the conclusion that this is given,” he said.
Kans faillissement steeds groter
Oud ECB-bestuurder Otmar Issing, nog altijd zeer gerespecteerd, acht de kans steeds groter dat Griekenland op een faillissement afstevent. Het land is “insolvabel”, aldus Issing.
While it is “not physically impossible” for Greece to honor its obligations, repayment is unlikely, Issing, 75, said at a press conference hosted by Nykredit A/S in Copenhagen today. The region’s debt crisis, which has also forced Ireland and Portugal to seek bailouts, has left the euro in a “critical” condition, Issing said. “I’m skeptical about Greece,” said Issing. (...) “Greece is not just illiquid, it’s insolvent.”