V skladu s pričakovanji in v “duhu širših geopolitičnih interesov” je nemška kanclerka pričela priprave na politično mehčanje radikalnega krila v svoji desnosredinski stranki CDU/CSU. Kar nakazuje na skorajšnji kompromisni dogovor z Grčijo. Stališča Nemčije se mehčajo do te mere, da tudi finančno ministrstvo več ne vztraja na zelo konkretnem programu ukrepov grške vlade, pač pa le še na “grobem okvirju”. Nekaj, kar bo mogoče “prodati” političnim jastrebom in javnosti.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is trying to head off a potential revolt from as much as a third of her bloc’s lawmakers as she tries to up line support for a compromise deal with Greece, party officials said.

Caucus leaders of Merkel’s party are working on the objectors, telling them they may be asked to approve further aid to ward off a default even if Greece refuses to implement all changes demanded by creditors, according to three officials.

Merkel has been calling small groups of dissenters to the chancellery to tell them that Greece leaving the euro area would risk causing geopolitical instability in the region, one of the people said. All the officials asked not to be identified because the discussions are private.

Merkel’s desire to keep Greece in the euro is fraught with political risk given the level of exasperation in Germany with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras after four months of brinkmanship. Her strategy depends on Greece’s government making enough concessions to allow her to sell the deal to lawmakers and the German public.

As European officials warn that time is running out for Greece’s finances, Merkel’s Christian Democrat-led caucus will discuss the way forward at its closed weekly meeting in Berlin on Tuesday. While some German policy makers have hardened their stance against helping Greece, others are hinting at more flexibility to avert a financial collapse.

“Should we seriously go and prescribe in detail what the Greeks are allowed to spend and what revenue they can have?” Deputy Finance Minister Thomas Steffen said in an interview. “I say no. It’s the rough framework that has to be clear.”

Vir: Ekathimerini

Seveda pa sporazum, kakršenkoli že bo in ki bo ohranil Grčijo znotraj slabo dizajnirane evrske monetarne unije, nikakor ne pomeni, da je to rešitev za kogarkoli. Problem se bo čez nekaj mesecev oziroma let spet vrnil. EU mora zgraditi bodisi trajen in robusten mehanizem za reševanje asimetričnih kriz, ki so nujna posledica monetarnih unij, bodisi zgraditi mehanizem za kontroliran izhod posamičnih držav oziroma kolektivno razpustitev evro območja.