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After Funding Impasse, Greek Prime Minister Could Ask for European Council Meeting

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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras plans to reach out to European Council President Donald Tusk to ask him to call a summit of European leaders to discuss continuing Greece's troubled bailout program.

Greece failed to reach agreement with the representatives of its creditors -­ the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund, and there are reports that the country is again facxing deep financial problems, and is unable to meet daily financing needs.

Greece was supposed to undertake pension reforms that would reduce the financial gap in its retirement system, but the far-left SYRIZA Government is unwilling to commit to the necessary measures.

Greek media report that it is unlikely that Tusk will accept such a proposal, which would again politicize what is supposed to be a technical issue of Greece implementing the required reforms in order to be able to receive continued financial support.


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