EUROZONE-GREECE/GERMAN REACTIONS Germans on street expect last-minute solution in Greece

Record ID: 149174

  • Title: EUROZONE-GREECE/GERMAN REACTIONS Germans on street expect last-minute solution in Greece
  • Date: 1st July 2015
  • Summary: COLOGNE, GERMANY (JULY 1, 2015) (REUTERS) MAIN STATION IN COLOGNE COMMUTERS WAITING (SOUNDBITE) (German) HERBERT SIEVER, SAYING: "I assume that it will all turn out well. Because they will not let Greece go. They still support them with loans via the ECB (European Central Bank). I think they will continue to negotiate a bit and haggle, but then all will be well. As always.
  • Embargoed: 16th July 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVABF69XFDP4R5Q4YMSAJ3HYSS7Y
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: German commuters expressed confidence on Wednesday (July 1) that a last-minute deal could be found between Greece and its creditors.
    "I assume that it will all turn out well. Because they will not let Greece go," said Herbert Siever, adding "I think, they will continue to negotiate a bit and haggle, but then all will be well. As always."
    Ibraim Eslek agreed. "There will be a last-minute solution. I am sure they will release more money and Greece will probably adopt a package. And there will be a solution in the end."
    Heide Reifort said the German government held back too much. "It is high time for them to do something, anything."
    Gudrun Schwab said that she sympathizes with the Greek people but not with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras "because I think he just gambles and always applies pressure. He does not really think about the Greeks. Only about his job."
    Greece was appealing to its eurozone partners and the European Central Bank to keep it afloat after defaulting on its debt to the International Monetary Fund and losing frozen international bailout money.
    Athens was due to put new proposals for a two-year loan agreement and a debt rescheduling to Eurogroup finance ministers after hinting that leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras might be willing to scrap a referendum on bailout terms.
    Greece owes official lenders 242.8 billion euros ($271 billion), according to a Reuters calculation based on official data. Germany is by far the largest creditor.
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