The leftist Greek government has apparently precluded the possibility of Thursday’s EWG meeting in Brussels producing a breakthrough towards concluding the now delayed second review of the Greek program, as the relevant alternate finance minister will be replaced by a close adviser.
Instead of Alternate FinMin Giorgos Houliarakis, his top aide, Panagiotis Nikolaidis, will represent Athens, although government circles were quick to stress that “it doesn’t mean anything, it’s happened before.”
Houliarakis, who had previously been scheduled to attend the meeting, will instead attend a London School of Economics event in the British capital.
