The Brussels Group is still meeting today, and will continue to do so over the weekend. Negotiations are turning into another Marathon race, which is evident by Jeroen Dijsselbloem’s statements. The Eurogroup president stated that there has been clear progress forward. However, both sides of the negotiation are attempting to decide on all matters concerning debated points in order to also achieve a positive statement by the Eurozone FinMins.

Greek diplomatic corps sources underlined that concerning the talks about raising the mean pension age, talks are focused on what will happen between 2020 and 2025, and does not concern valid pension claims.