FinMin: If agreement is not voted today, I will have to request a bridge-loan
I do not want to believe that there are powers in Greece that want to send us to a bridge-loan, stated Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos at his opening speech on Thursday at the parliament committees that convene to decide on the urgency of the voting of Greek government's agreement with the institutions on the country's financing.
"We had the order to negotiate a new agreement. We did our duty and I believe that there should be no one who works for a bridge-loan. Tomorrow I must go to the Eurogroup meeting because the other eurozone countries parliaments are convening on the matter" he said adding that "If we do not have an agreement at the Eurogroup meeting, Finland will not vote and we will have to go to a bridge loan. Whoever wants to take the risk can vote against our request for fast-track procedures, he said. He also warned that if the agreement is not voted today he will be forced to accept the bridge-loan solution at the Eurogroup meeting on Friday.
