Martin SCHULZ, EP President expresses himself on&nbsp;the request by Alexis TSIPRAS, Greek Prime Minister, that the EP join the &ldquo;quartet&rdquo; of creditor institutions overseeing Greece bailout.

Brussels

EU - Greece (T)

statement

economic situation in Greece (T)

SCHULZ, Martin (S&D, DE)

Discussion on the request by Alexis TSIPRAS, Greek Prime Minister, that the EP join the “quartet” of creditor institutions overseeing Greece bailout: statement by Martin SCHULZ, EP President

SOUNDBITE (English), Martin SCHULZ, EP President, <p><a></a>"The letter of TSIPRAS found positive resonance here in the Conference of Presidents, but that was not a surprise because the Troika at the end of the last mandate of the European Parliament already asked for permanent structure of, a campaigning from a parliamentarian level of the actions of the European institutions in the frame of programmes. And in the 2-pack and also in the 6-pack, it's quite clearly foreseen a stronger involvement of the European Parliament. So the Conference of Presidents gave me a mandate with majority, some of the groups disagreed, but the overwhelming majority gave me a mandate to start now negotiations with the President of the Commission. And to find between two presidents a proposal of both sides how to involve the European Parliament stronger in the whole process of scrutiny of the programmes than was the case until today."</p>

SOUNDBITE (English), Martin SCHULZ, EP President, "I saw in the morning that Commissioner MOSCOVICI himself alsosaid that the Commission was thinking of stronger involvement of the European Parliament. And I must add, what we want is a binding solution, in the form of an agreement between the two institutions. A non-binding understanding is not what we want to get, so I will start now the talks with President JUNCKER about it."