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Verbatim report of proceedings
Tuesday, 14 February 2017 - Strasbourg Revised edition

State of play of the second review of the economic adjustment programme for Greece (debate)
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  Roberto Gualtieri (S&D). – Mr President, this is a crucial debate and I welcome the constructive position of the Commission, while I take note with some surprise that the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Ecofin) Presidency apparently has nothing to say and seems not to be interested in the topic. Next week, the Eurogroup and creditor institutions must take a significant decision in the general interest of Greece and of the whole eurozone. We expect a swift, positive conclusion of the second review, taking into account the encouraging results that you are seeing in the Greek economy and also the very challenging global, political and economic context, which requires that Europe shows resilience and unity.

As Commission Vice-President Dombrovskis pointed out, thanks to the implementation of the programme, Greece is outperforming its targets, including in the primary surplus. These positive results should not be jeopardised on the basis of dogmatic and short-sighted positions or internal politics. We are not interested in internal politics. We are interested in the future of the Greek people and of Europe. It is now time for all parties to enhance their efforts and to go one step further.

The Greek Government should continue its reforms, including effective labour market reform in line with EU best practices, and speed up their implementation, safeguarding the agreed targets after 2018, including through a possible contingency mechanism. On the other hand, the second review needs to be successfully concluded without any further delay, and unacceptable requests, for example for pre-legislation for measures worth 2% of GDP or for giving up collective bargaining, should be avoided. Furthermore, debt relief measures must be better defined, recognising that the primary surplus of 3.5% is possible, but only for a very limited period of time.

There is no room for further delay, and this Parliament will not accept jeopardising the integrity of the euro area and the future of the Greek people.

 
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