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(395 posts) Tue Mar 31, 2015, 02:08 PM Mar 2015

A "Schultz faction" undermines negotiations with Greece

A hard political background and lobbying with "Schulz's signature" is being played behind the negotiations in Brussels Group - a background that seems to be aimed directly at extending the credit crunch and the delay of any agreement for Greece.

Some sources close to the Greek negotiating team describe the climate of the negotiations in Brussels Group as "quite good and constructive".

However, despite the disagreements concerning additional measures, the basic problem is clearly political, as lenders demand from Athens to present instantly specific figures for the fiscal targets of 2015. The lenders insist on these figures without taking account the output of the latest tax regulations, the expected income from the tax fraud, or, the perspective of a debt relief claimed by the Greek side.

The pressure is enforced mainly by Martin Schulz's euro-socialists who have a strong presence in the negotiating teams and appear to be stronger hardliners than those of Angela Merkel's team. According to some sources from Brussels, the "Schultz faction" continuously lobbying the Greek positions, targeting Tsipras' policy, as the president of the euro parliament is the number one candidate for SPD and the chancellery.

A potential success of the Leftist government under Alexis Tsipras is considered a threat against the power of the Social democrats in Europe, therefore a threat against the current political status.

http://failedevolution.blogspot.gr/2015/03/a-schultz-faction-undermines.html