The new deadline for Greece: 12 days

chancellor
Germany's Angela Merkel and French
President Fransua Olland established
Once the deadline for Greece. As
new "deadline" to which
it is necessary to finally reach an agreement with
lenders for financial assistance,
It sets the end of May. In this way,
Greece received another clear
a hint that it is time to intensify
process.

On Tuesday
in Berlin, Merkel and Hollande said that
they are very impressed by the speech of the Prime Minister
Greece, Alexis Tsipras, whom he
He spoke at a meeting of the EU in Riga. "We
We hope that it is now faster
progress of negotiations going on
appropriate forums: in particular,
in the so-called Brussels group "
- Merkel said at a joint
press conference with the French leader.
Hollande said that "to leave Greece
Eurozone - in the public interest, therefore,
achieving a common agreement - general
target".

united
the application of two major leaders
the economies of the eurozone added pressure
Tsipras and to make it accelerate.
For the past four months continues
the confrontation between Greece and its
European lenders. This has
strong impact on the markets, and even in the air
still the question of Greece's future hangs
and the European Union. EU president, Jean-Claude
Juncker also said that the decision should be taken not
later than the end of May.

Meanwhile
Yanis Varoufakis and Alexis Tsipras in
said Monday that negotiations on
unlocking the last scheduled
tranche are "on the finish
straight".

But,
e.g., Jeroen Diysselblum, chairman
Eurogroup, indicates that the output
the deadlock in the negotiation process
It is too slow. Manager
Director of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, confirmed
that the situation remained "difficult".
European Commission Vice President, Valdis
Dombrovskis, joins: "We need
to do a lot more work. "