Tsipras: “We Won a Battle, Not the War”
In a televised address to the Greek people today, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras declared that the deal reached by Finance Minister Varoufakis in Brussels means “we won a battle, not the war.”
“Yesterday we took a decisive step, leaving austerity, the bailouts and the Troika…The difficulties, the real difficulties… are ahead of us.”
The list of reforms which Greece is to present to the Eurozone ministers on Monday, Feb. 23, will, according to a Bloomberg report on a TV statement by government spokesman Gabriel Sakellaridis, include the fight against corruption, and changes in public administration and the tax system
Real News reports that Environment and Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis said in an interview with Real News that Syriza’s red lines won’t be violated; that’s why they’re called red.
“We are no longer following a script given to us by external agencies. Once you have a relationship of equals, the co-operation can be a lot more fruitful,”
said Varoufakis, according to the Daily Telegraph.
Tsipras was scheduled to meet with his inner cabinet of 10 ministers yesterday to discuss the proposals to be submitted Monday. The Telegraph reported:
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