The first evaluation will be completed within December, at the end of this month” were Stathakis' words.
The Minister seems to be particularly optimistic given that his government will have to pass some very hard measures and bills through the parliament. The Greek pension system will be hit hard with cuts through those measures. It should be noted that Mr.Stathakis does not have a good record in his predictions as he was notoriously optimistic during the first “round” of negotiations between the previous Syriza government and the Eurozone.
While addressing the same conference, the head of the quartet responsible for the technocratic discussions between the Government and the creditors, Declan Costello estimated that the evaluation will have been completed by the beginning of 2016.
, On the other hand , the Greek FinMin E.Tsakalotos, who spoke at the same conference yesterday, stated that the discussion about a possible lightening of the Greek debt would start by March 2016.
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