Greece rejects opening EU bailout offer as 'absurd'

[Bosonic]

Source: AFP

Athens (AFP) - Greece rejected Monday an opening EU bailout offer as "absurd" and "unacceptable", with a government source saying that "in these circumstances there cannot be a deal today."

The source said Athens had been told to respect the existing conditions of the bailout.

"The insistence of certain people for the new Greek government to enforce the bailout is absurd and unacceptable... under these circumstances there can be no deal today," the source said.

Eurozone finance ministers were meeting in Brussels hoping to reach a compromise before Greece's bailout expires on February 28.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/greece-rejects-opening-eu-bailout-offer-absurd-source-173550910.html;_ylt=AwrBEiLnLOJUNUsArRzQtDMD

[lark]

1. Go Greece

continue to say no to these worker rapists and their pro-rich austerity schemes.

[DeSwiss]

2. ''...Athens had been told to respect......''

- Now see, there's your problem. They have no idea that Tsipras realizes that it is THEY who is over this particular barrel, not Greece.

3rdFinger EU!



K&R

[bemildred]

3. Well, an encouraging start to the negotiations.

[Eugene]

4. Meeting Over Greek Debt Ends in Acrimony

Source: New York Times

Meeting Over Greek Debt Ends in Acrimony

By JAMES KANTERFEB. 16, 2015

BRUSSELS — A meeting of eurozone finance ministers on Greece's debt crisis broke up in acrimony on Monday evening, further dimming hopes of a speedy resolution to problems that could result in the new Greek government soon running out of money.

Just before the meeting ended, a Greek official dismissed the latest proposal by its European creditors as “unreasonable and unacceptable.” The proposal had called for Greece to abide by the current terms of its bailout program.

Greek officials have been seeking to revise or scrap the current bailout plan to allow them more flexibility in their budgeting plans.

The insistence on holding Greece to its prior commitments showed the eurozone ministers were “wasting their time,” wrote the official, who under government policy could not be identified by name.

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Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/business/international/greece-debt-eurozone-finance-ministers-meeting.html

[DeSwiss]

5. The EU has nothing to offer Greece.....

...but more blood, sweat and tears. And they're all out.

- Stand back, there she goes.......