Greek withdrawal from the eurozone

Greece has agreed with its lenders on key labor reforms, spending cuts and energy issues, moving closer to clinching a deal before a meeting of eurozone finance ministers on April 7, sources close to the talks said on Wednesday.

A spokeswoman for the European Commission said the EU executive could not confirm the report.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Claude said on Friday that eurozone lenders and Greece should reach a technical deal before a meeting of eurozone finance ministers on April 7.

Demands by certain parties for the Greek opposition to back the new measures required by creditors are irresponsible and dangerous.

European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici has turned down a request from former Greek minister Anna Diamantopoulou for Brussels to make public the emergency plan it drafted in the summer of 2015 for the possibility of a Greek exit from the eurozone.

According to an unidentified economic expert of the Greek economy who spoke on the side of the 2nd Delfi Economic Forum, an agreement must be reached as soon as possible, since in May it will be too late.

The leader of the opposition party New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis, stated in an interview he gave to the ANT1 TV Channel that his party will not vote in favor of the new measures the government will bring to the Parliament, as these are the result of their mistakes.

Around half of Germans are against granting debt relief to Greece and around three in 10 want it to quit the eurozone, a survey showed on Friday.

The INSA poll for the Bild newspaper showed 46.4 percent of people living in Germany, Europe's paymaster, thought giving Greece debt relief would be unfair for other eurozone countries.

In a not so subtle jab at European officials and their dealings with Greece, the IMF on Feb. 23 issued a warning against pretending that "unpayable debts" can be repaid.

In a blog written by the International Monetary Fund's chief Greece negotiator, its chief economist, and its general counsel, the fund rarely mentions the crisis-ridden country by name.

Over half of the Germans polled said they wanted Greece to exit the Eurozone in a survey conducted, while only 24 were favourable to Greece remaining part of the common currency union. 53% of Germans were in favour of cutting off financial support to Greece, according to the survey conducted by the Forsa Research Institute for magazine Stern.

The Greek government reopened the discussion "euro or drachma." The real question is not "euro or return to the drachma," but "euro or Grexit." Grexit to a new drachma would not be a solution, it would be a catastrophe.