Dijsselbloem speaks after Eurogroup meeting

  • Will set up a Greek bridge funding taskforce
  • Discussions were intense over the weekend
  • Trust needs to be re-built
  • Has always been the aim to keep Greece in the Eurozone
  • Had to be done in a credible way for Greece and the Eurozone
  • Greece now needs to pass through the new measures Wednesday
  • If done, Thursday will be a conf call and other members will start passing measures through their parliaments
  • We are now looking at designing a whole new 3 year program
  • May take 4 weeks to put that together, and that's being optimistic
  • Bridging agreement is very complex
  • There are legal, technical and financial details to overcome
  • Have assigned a group to work on that

Much to do