No Fiscal Reason to Implement Pension Cuts, Gov't Spokesman Tzanakopoulos Says
Government spokesperson Dimitris Tzanakopoulos on Wednesday expressed certainty that the government will be able to not implement the pension cuts that, based on current legislation, are due to kick in on January 2019.
In an interview with Real FM radio, he said that the meetings between the government's economic staff and the institutions are taking place in the European context of exchanging information that is then included in a document that is submitted to the Eurogroup.
Tzanakopoulos explained that during Wednesday's meetings, "Tsakalotos and Chouliarakis will describe and explain to the institutions that there is no fiscal reason for the implementation of the pension cuts from January 2019. Afterwards the issue will be taken to more senior European levels."