Athens seeks nod from Eurogroup but officials skeptical

Negotiations continued between Greece and its international lenders in the first week of May 2015. On the 7 May 2015 Kathimerini reported that there was hope in Athens that the planned Eurogroup meeting on 11 May 2015 would bring a positive statement from eurozone finance ministers on the state of progress.

However, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stressed that Greece would stick to its 'red lines' in negotiations with creditors, protecting pensions and the labour sector.

ESO: Background information: Tsipras asks for quick deal with lenders http://www.europeansources.info/record/tsipras-asks-for-quick-deal-with-lenders/

ESO: Background information: Meeting: Eurogroup, Riga, 24 April 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/meeting-eurogroup-riga-24-april-2015/

ESO: Background information: The Greek debt crisis: Key sources http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-greek-debt-crisis-key-sources/

ESO: Background information: Greece wants to pay back IMF loan http://www.europeansources.info/record/greece-wants-to-pay-back-imf-loan/

Blog: Open Europe, 06.05.15: Is Greek government right to claim divisions between IMF and Eurozone are harming negotiations? http://openeurope.org.uk/blog/is-greek-government-right-to-claim-divisions-between-imf-and-eurozone-are-harming-negotiations/

Kathimerini, 08.05.15: Tsipras highlights 'red lines' in Parl't, calls on opposition to back them http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_08/05/2015_549834

BBC News, 07.05.15: Defiant Greece rehires public staff despite bailout talks http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32630338

Deutsche Welle, 07.05.15: Compromise unlikely at Greece, eurozone meeting http://dw.de/p/1FMTI

EurActiv, 08.05.15: Varoufakis confident on bailout deal, but Sapin wary http://www.euractiv.com/sections/euro-finance/varoufakis-confident-bailout-deal-sapin-wary-314435

Politico, 11.05.15: The Varoufakis puzzle http://www.politico.eu/article/varoufakis-puzzles-economists-with-abstruse-lecture/

Politico, 11.05.15: New Greek talks unlikely to result in a breakthrough http://www.politico.eu/article/greece-talks-eurogroup-bailout-grexit/

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: STATEMENT/15/4931, 06.05.15: Joint statement by the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-15-4931_en.htm

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: STATEMENT/15/4929, 06.05.15: Joint statement following the phone call between European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic Alexis Tsipras http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-15-4929_en.htm

Politico, 11.05.15: Greece repays IMF, but makes little progress in Eurogroup meeting http://www.politico.eu/article/greece-repays-imf-but-makes-little-progress-in-eurogroup-meeting/

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