FinMin Tsakalotos to have meetings with European counterparts

Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos will have a series of contacts with European counterparts, including German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, over the next few days. They will discuss the course of the Greek program in view of the first evaluation as well as the issue of Greek debt, the debate on which will begin after the conclusion of the evaluation by the institutions.

The Minister’s schedule is as follows:

• Friday, January 8, 2016 / Rome / Pier Carlo Padoan, Italy’s Finance Minister.

• Saturday, January 9, 2016 / Lisbon / Mario Centeno, Finance Minister of Portugal.

• Sunday, January 10, 2016 / Paris / Michel Sapen, Finance Minister of France.

• Monday, January 11, 2016 / Helsinki / Alexander Stubb, Finland’s Finance Minister.

• Tuesday, January 12, 2016 / Amsterdam / Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Dutch Finance Minister and President of the Eurogroup.

• Wednesday, January 13, 2016 / Berlin / Wolfgang Schaeuble, Germany’s Finance Minister.