Tsipras optimistic that a deal can be snatched by end-April

Greek PM Tsipras stated yesterday (Reuters) that there are significant differences with Greece’s crditors on labour and  pension reforms, VAT increase and privatizations, pointing out that the difference is mainly based on political reasons and not technical ones.

He further said that he is confident that “Europe will not succumb to the radical views of some people and will not choose the path of the immoral and ruthless financial blackmail but the one of bridging differences, the path of stability and mutual respect”.