ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is heading to Brussels Wednesday to discuss his radical-left government’s proposal for a long-delayed deal with Greece’s creditors that Athens hopes will unlock vitally needed bailout funds.
Tsipras was invited to Brussels by European Commission head Jean Claude Juncker, with whom he was to meet for talks Wednesday evening, a Greek government official said.
Without bailout funds, Greece could default on its debts and crash out of the euro, the joint European currency, pushing Europe and potentially the global economy into turmoil.
Tsipras announced Tuesday he had submitted his proposal the previous night, as the leaders of France, Germany, the European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund and European Commission met in Berlin to discuss Greece.
He gave no details of the proposal, but Greece’s creditors said much work remained to be done.