Ministry of Finance

Greece is to submit seven reforms at the Eurogroup meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday in Brussels. These reforms will provide the framework for a debate that the Greek government hopes will change the negative climate for Greece and the European Central Bank's decisions.

"These guys are amateurs; they do not know what they are doing. We thought they had all their moves prepared, that they had a plan, that they would apply it when they came to power. And on top, one says something and the other something else!"

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