Greeks are repaying the loans of the Greek political parties, confirmed the European Commission refusing however to provide further information on which parties have taken loans.

Answering a relevant question imposed by the MEP of SYRIZA, Nikos Chountis, and the leader of the small centrist party “Drasi” Theodoros Skylakakis, the EU Commissioner Joaquin Almunia pointed out that the loans of the Greek parties were already non-performing since 2013. He also stated that re-capitalization of Greek banks by the Greek Financial Stability Fund was funded by the citizens’ money, adding. The Commission’s role is not to publicize information on loans taken from banks that have been recapitalized with state aid in Greece, or any other member country, Mr. Almunia added.