Austria Fin Min says Greek bailout “negotiable”

Austria Fin Min Maria Fekter said Greece’s demand for a two-year extension to its austerity program is “negotiable” in an interview with Oesterreich.

“A reform path was agreed under which the Greeks would be able to finance themselves by 2020, without EU help. This substance of this target must be adhered to, and the agreed reforms done … But it is negotiable whether this target could be pushed back from 2020 to 2022, so two years later. Our objective is also for Greece to have a booming economy again. The country cannot be killed by cuts.” Booming?

Let’s start with ‘functioning’