/ world today news/ “Greece will seek a fair and mutually beneficial agreement with the EU creditors to renegotiate the debt of several billion euros”, said the newly elected Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
Among Greece’s priorities is “a new renegotiation with partners in search of a more feasible, fair and mutually beneficial solution,” Tsipras said at the cabinet’s founding meeting.
The 40-year-old prime minister added that his administration was a “national salvation” that was ready to “bleed” to restore lost dignity.
The new left-wing government that came to power after Sunday’s election insists the recession that has hit Greece cannot be overcome without debt relief and austerity cuts.
Greece’s European partners were quick to pour cold water on the idea of debt relief. German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said that Greek membership of the eurozone “means sticking to its previous commitments”. /AFP
Athens / Greece
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