Greece accuses IMF of stalling bailout review

“All institutions share the blame, but especially the IMF is to blame for the continued uncertainty prevailing in Greece’s economy,” said the country’s general secretary for fiscal policy Franciscos Koutentakis.

The IMF has made excessive fiscal demands and presented incorrect figures during negotiations, raising significant obstacles to completing the evaluation, according to Koutentakis, adding that the IMF’s demands have grown beyond what Greece and the European institutions agreed previously.

“It seems that they want to see you at the edge of a cliff in order to start negotiating seriously. They create and maintain uncertainty,” added the politician.

The comments came after the heads of the bailout institutions left Athens for the Easter break. No agreement on the type and scale of budget cuts and economic overhauls for Greece has been reached. The parties aim to resume negotiations early next month and plan to reach an agreement by April 11.

Without an agreement a review of Greece’s €86 billion bailout program cannot be completed and the country cannot get the necessary financial aid.