Greek government spokeswoman on Monday echoed previous statements by top ministers and PM Alexis Tsipras over a willingness by Athens to implement all of the terms of last summer’s bailout deal, “but nothing more”.
Spokeswoman Olga Gerovassili also said the Greek economy has performed better than expected since last July 2015 and better than various forecasts. She also emphasized that the leftist government expects an agreement with its institutional lenders to achieve a first review of the third bailout – at the staff level – before the April 22 Eurogroup meeting.
“…on the basis of the figures and proposals by the Greek side,” she added.
Gerovassili said two draft bills, one raising a bevy of direct and indirect taxes and the other eyeing pension system cuts, will be tabled in Parliament over the next few days. Moreover, she called the two bills “significant reforms that bear the stamp of government policy for the pension system and income taxation.”
