European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker responded to Greek PM Alexis Tsipras that the EU’s acquis communautaire is already in effect in Greece in a letter he made public, Friday. Mr Juncker also noted that a staff level agreement on the second review of the Greek bailout program was imperative to conclude as soon as possible in order for the whole process to come to an end at the April 7 EuroGroup. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had sent (23 March) a letter to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on March 23 asking if the bloc’s acquis communautaire applied to all EU countries without exception or it’s applicable to all except Greece.
In his letter, which was also sent to European Council President Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Malta Joseph Muscat and his Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni, leftist Tsipras expressed his country’s intention to support the Rome Declaration “which moves in a positive direction”.