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FinMin Tsakalotos: IMF wants more pension cuts; govt opposed to further reductions

Greek FinMin Euclid Tsakalotos on Thursday said the IMF demands more pension cuts in Greece’s social security sector in order to meeting a primary budget surplus target for 2018, something, however, he said the leftist government in Athens is not willing to do.

The SYRIZA government has repeated stated that it will not reduce pensions further.