The Mission Chief for the European Commission’s team working on Greece, Declan Costello, appears to view the Greek government’s bill to address the humanitarian crisis – currently under discussion in Parliament — as a unilateral action, according to British Channel 4 economic editor, Paul Mason. According to the information transmitted via twitter, the head of the European Commission team, representing one of the three institutions currently negotiating with the Greek government, says in a letter to the Greek authorities that both the law on addressing the humanitarian crisis and the settling for the 100 installments, included in the new government’s program, merit further negotiations. “We would strongly urge having the proper policy consultations first, including consistency with reform efforts. There are several issues to be discussed and we need to do them as a coherent and comprehensive package,” he underlines in his letter, while warning of possible consequences if the Greek side proceeded with the bills. “Doing otherwise would be proceeding unilaterally and in a piecemeal manner that is inconsistent with the commitments made, including to the Eurogroup as stated in the February 20 communique,” he explains. The bill aiming to address the humanitarian crisis is the first bill tabled by the SYRIZA government and it was one of the promises included in the “Thessaloniki program” announced by the newly elected Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in September 2014. The debt settlement bill was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday night.
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