Tsipras Vows to Stick With Greece’s Euro Deal
The prime minister is about to enter an election year trailing in the polls, but he tells Bloomberg he won’t renege on his budget plans.
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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras vowed to stick with the financial commitments he agreed with European leaders this month and said there would be no return to the spending habits that ultimately triggered one of the biggest financial meltdowns in the continent’s history.
Speaking in an interview less than a week after Greece struck a deal with the euro region to exit its rescue program, Tsipras said his government would meet budget targets, but it’s now up to Greece rather than international creditors to say how it will do so.