FINANCIAL TIMES : Η ΕΥΡΩΠΗ ΜΕΤΑΒΑΛΛΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΘΕΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΑΠΕΝΑΝΤΙ ΣΤΗΝ ΧΡΕΩΚΟΠΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ.

Οι ευρωπαίοι ηγέτες είναι για πρώτη φορά προετοιμασμένοι να δεχθούν ότι η Ελλάς μπορεί να οδηγηθεί σε μερική χρεωκοπία, ως μέρος ενός σχεδίου διασώσεως της χώρας που θα καθιστούσε βιώσιμο το χρέος της.
Financial Times
July 10, 2011
European leaders are for the first time prepared to accept that Athens should default on some of its bonds as part of a new bail-out plan for Greece that would put the country’s overall debt levels on a sustainable footing.
The new strategy, to be discussed at a Brussels meeting of eurozone finance ministers on Monday, could also include new concessions by Greece’s European lenders to reduce Athens’ debt, such as further lowering interest rates on bail-out loans and a broad-based bond buyback programme. It also marks the possible abandonment of a French-backed plan for banks to roll-over their Greek debt.
“The basic goal is to reduce the debt burden of Greece both through actions of the private sector and the public sector,” said one senior European official involved in negotiations.
Officials cautioned the new tack was still in the early stages, and final details were not expected until late summer. But if the strategy were agreed, it would mark a significant shift in the 18-month struggle to contain the eurozone debt crisis.