Greece's creditors remain divided. The EU remains committed to ensuring Greece achieves its primary budget surplus of 3.5%, the fulfilment of which has forced the country to make deep cuts in spending. Yet the IMF believes the figure is unrealistic and has argued for some debt to be forgiven, allowing it to ease cuts and shift the focus onto productivity-boosting structural reforms. For the Eurogroup, debt forgiveness is politically problematic.
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