Talks on a third bailout package for
This was the first time since the election of the new Commission, that Merkel was meeting the commissioners.
"Now it’s about the implementation of the agreed paper that has been agreed upon in the Eurogroup. The three institutions – the troika – will do the evaluation and I think we have a lot to do in order to move this forward," - Merkel said, speaking about the second aid program to
At the same time Juncker thinks, it is too early to discuss a third bailout package for Greece, also stressing the fact that the most important point in the talks with Athens was the implementation of the measures already agreed with the euro zone. He said: "It is premature to talk about a third program. That is speculation that is best avoided."
This reaction came after an earlier announcement of Spanish Finance Minister Luis de Guindos, who stated that a new aid package is almost inevitable. Once the current four-month extension deal expires a new package of approximately 30 to 50 billion euros will be put on table.
Thus, the "humiliation", as the government calls the current situation around
One thing is clear-