ATHENS (Sputnik) — European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker promised Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in a phone talk Wednesday night to propose new “improved” bailout offers to Greek government, Greek TV Channel Skai reported citing government sources.
“The ten-minute conversation was constructive and went in a good atmosphere. According to the sources, Jean-Claude Juncker is expected to take an initiative to propose new, slightly improved offers to Greek government,” the TV channel reported.
On Thursday, Eurozone finance ministers are due to meet in Luxembourg for talks on the Greek debt crisis. The European Union wants Athens to introduce unpopular social and economic reforms in exchange for additional cash injections.
According to Skai’s sources, Athens will be asked to conduct some of the reforms – for example, to ban early retirement — in a speedy manner, while it will be allowed to postpone the implementation of the other changes.
Greece’s current bailout program expires on June 30.
