Stournaras: Troika will push for completion of negotiations
Stournaras, speaking at the end of Ecofin's meeting in Brussels late on Tuesday, said the troika will push for completion of negotiations by Sunday.
Following the meeting, Stournaras said that quite a few fronts remained open in negotiations but said significant progress had also been made. He referred to a wide spectrum of prior actions involved in the troika's fourth review report, mentioning that for 2013 there were 896 prior actions, of which 79 percent had been accomplished.
The agreement expected by Sunday will focus on structural issues as described in the OECD's toolkit, such as relate for example to the products and services markets according to ANA-MPA
In fiscal issues, the Finance minister said that the taxation on behalf of third parties and the reduction by 3.9 percent of insurance contributions remained unresolved.