Snap elections won't affect Greek aid programme, EuroWorking Group head says

Gazzetta team 21 Αυγούστου 2015 - 09:41

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Thomas Wieser, the head of the Euro Working Group, said on Friday that snap elections called by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras within hours of new EU bailout cash arriving in Athens would have no effect on the financial aid package, according to Reuters news agency.

When asked whether the election would change the numbers of the bailout deal, Wieser told Austrian broadcaster ORF: "No... this was really an expected step and for many people a desired step to get to a clearer structure in the Greek government... In October we have a meeting about a possible debt relief and (after the Sept. 20 election) we hope for further progress of the programme."