ATHENS, April 21 (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis
Tsipras on Thursday rejected the idea of more austerity measures
and called for debt relief instead after the European Commission
said Greece’s fiscal performance was better than expected last
year.
Economic progress has been a sticking point in bailout
talks, which have dragged on for months as the European Union
and the International Monetary Fund argue over whether Greece
can achieve a 3.5 percent primary surplus in 2018.
Athens and the EU believe t…
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