Cautious optimism in Greece for the Monday meeting of the Eurogroup. The technical work began in Brussels to prepare this key event for the country.
After a difficult week between Europeans and Greeks, Alexis Tsipras has managed to renew dialogue: it is, in any case, that wants to believe this resident of Athens.
"This is the first time that we take seriously. I think we could finally discussed on our terms, not theirs, "said Margarita Bouzouna.
"What we are asking for is a little too much and the gap has widened with the rest of the world compared to what we want. So it's difficult, "nuance Leonidas, who also lives in Athens.
The Greek government wants to renegotiate the terms of the country's financing program rather than extend it.
Objective: To obtain less drastic measures to its creditors.
Alexis Tsipras also wants to get rid of the "troika" of the word, but also of its policy.
"If it is the wish of our Greek counterparts not to call the Troika Troika, we are open to us to comply but that does not mean that the inspection role devolved to the IMF, the ECB and the Commission Europe will be changed, "said Martin Jäger, the spokesman of the German finance minister.
In an interview with German newspaper der Spiegel, Yanis Varoufakis, the Greek finance minister, compared the measures imposed by the troika to the methods of torture used by the CIA with suspected terrorists.
The tone is set. The Greek government plans to head out of the water facing his interlocutors on Monday.
