Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is ready to accept almost all the
conditions proposed by the country’s international creditors at the
weekend, marking the latest attempt to keep Greece in the eurozone, the
Financial Times reports.
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The prime minister said
he would accept all of the terms proposed with just a minor
exception. He agreed to the changes in the country’s value added
tax system but asked to keep a special 30 percent discount for
the Greek islands untouched.
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Tsipras also requested
the change in the retirement age to 67 to start in October 2022,
while the creditors want it implemented immediately. And
he asked to phase
out a special ‘solidarity grant’ for poor pensioners by 2019,
more slowly than creditors have requested.
