Eurogroup’s President Mr. Dijsselbloem said yesterday that the Eurogroup discussed the state of play of the first review of the ESM programme for Greece, following the visit of mission chiefs to Athens last week.
This important review deals with the key fiscal and structural measures. Eurogroup was informed that there is good cooperation, a lot of ground has been covered, progress achieved on important issues, but further work is still needed in a number of areas before a staff-level agreement can be reached.
The Eurogroup has called on both the Greek authorities and the institutions to pursue the discussions on the review further, in particular on items such as pension reform, the fiscal issues and the privatisation fund, with a view to reaching that staff-level agreement.
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