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Greek Government’s Signals are ‘Very Mixed,’ ECB’s Jazbec Says

Alexis Tsipras, Greek Prime Minister-elect, signs a book as he is sworn in as prime minister at a ceremony at the presidential palace in Athens, Greece, Jan. 26, 2015. — Alexis Tsipras, Greek Prime Minister-elect, signs a book as he is sworn in as prime minister at a ceremony at the presidential palace in Athens, Greece, Jan. 26, 2015.
Photographer: Kostas Tsironis/Bloomberg

Stefan Riecher and Boris Cerni

January 29, 2015, 4:50 PM UTCUpdated onJanuary 30, 2015, 8:07 AM UTC

Greece’s new government is sending “very mixed signals” on its aid program and it’s too soon to say how the country will be treated in the European Central Bank’s bond-buying plan, ECB Governing Council member Bostjan Jazbec said.

“Our concerns and hopes are related to how the Greek government will understand the situation and react to it,” he said in an interview in Ljubljana on Thursday. “It’s too early to directly answer questions on when and how the ECB can buy Greek government bonds.”