IMF’s Thomsen not at Schaeuble-Tsakalotos meeting

The director of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) European department Poul Thomsen was not at the meeting between German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos in Berlin on Wednesday, the German finance ministry’s spokesperson Friederike von Tiesenhausen said in response to questions.

Thomsen arrived at the finance ministry while the meeting with Tsakalotos was underway, she said, and clarified in response to questions that he was not going to attend.

She made no reply when asked with Thomsen was going to meet with Schaeuble.