La cattiva notizia è questa: i tedeschi, per tramite del loro ministro delle finanze, confermano di aver chiesto alla Grecia di prepararsi ad andare dal FMI, che la UE e l'FMI devono lavorare insieme alla ristrutturazione del deficit, che ogni aiuto dalla Germania richiede l'approvazione del Bundestag e che cmq la Grecia può farcela da sola ed alla fine potrebbe non chiedere alcun aiuto (che potrebbe voler dire che la Grecia decide per conto proprio di far pagare il prezzo agli obbligazionisti, letto in questo contesto).
EU to Urge Greece to Prepare for IMF, Schaeuble Says (Update1)
April 16, 2010, 7:37 AM EDT
(Adds Schaeuble comments from second paragraph.)
By Tony Czuczka
April 16 (Bloomberg) -- European Union finance ministers meeting in Madrid will recommend that Greece begin preparations for possible International Monetary Fund aid, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said.
Ministers “will decide today that we agree Greece should now also undertake the required preparations with the International Monetary Fund,” Schaeuble said on SWR2 radio today, according to an e-mailed transcript.
The EU and the IMF need to work together in the effort to “restructure these deficits” in Greece, Schaeuble said.
“As long as that isn’t really on track, you will always have new speculation in the financial markets.”
Any German aid for Greece would require approval by parliament, he said.
“We still believe that the Greeks are on the right path and that maybe they ultimately won’t have to ask for help,” he said.