For once more, the negotiations with the troika are turning into a tense thriller with an unknown conclusion. Clearly, in a negotiation with unresolved issues, there are delays, disagreements and different estimations regarding financial developments. The constant complications that arise every time the troika is in Greece are starting to resemble a vendetta that is escalating tension and subverting the credibility of either side.
It is insane to derail the negotiation for individual – and rather minor – issues in relation to the economic consolidation, such as the price of milk or where non-prescription medication will sold. Because it is not just the delay in paying out the loan installment, it is also the sense that Europe and the IMF are seeking out and trumping up problems to keep a country hostage.
It is just as insane that our European partners on the one hand consider it necessary for the economy to return to growth so that Greece can finally stabilize, while on the other they procrastinate for months in addressing the capital needs of the banks!
From November, when Blackrock was meant to announce the findings of its report, we’ve reached March only to find out that the troika disagrees with its estimations regarding the Bank of Greece. A constant delay that keeps the Greek credit system hostage, subverts the effort to finance the economy and hinders the privatization of the banks, which is supposed to be a goal and condition of the bailout, in order for our creditors to get back their money.
Let them finally decide, the troika and their political supervisors, what they want from Greece. Because up to now, all they achieve, is creating a sense of doubt and perpetual unreliability, for Greece and Europe.
TO VIMA
