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Sunday, June 7, 2015

Jean-Claude Juncker angrily accuses Alexis Tsipras of lying over bailout talks

On fringes of G7 summit, European Commission president says Greek PM failed to deliver promised proposals and lied to his own parliament about negotiations European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has delivered a blistering attack on the Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras, accusing him of undermining negotiations over new terms for a bailout and of effectively lying to the Greek parliament.A visibly angry Juncker, speaking on the fringes of the G7 summit in Bavaria, said he had told Tsipras during a meeting on Wednesday evening that there was “room to negotiate” but insisted that the Greeks had been unwilling to take part in in-depth discussions. Instead, Tsipras had promised to send him his proposals the following day, but he was still waiting for them on Sunday. Continue reading...


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