| (24 Apr 2015) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Riga - 24 April 2015 1. Wide of Greek national briefing 2. Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and European Commissioner for the Euro and Social Dialogue, Valdis Dombrovskis 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Yanis Varoufakis, Greek Finance Minister: "The old-fashioned Troika process was simply inimical either to reforms or to agreements and we are not going to go back to that. But we are open to any suggestion that may speed up the process and expedite the negotiations." 4. Cutaway of journalists 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Yanis Varoufakis, Greek Finance Minister "And what we see is convergence. We haven't had full convergence yet, because otherwise we would have had white smoke coming out of the chimney, but we are confident that we can have that. And in any case, it is our view that we have no right not to achieve this agreement as Europeans who understand intimately and fully that this is a European family that needs to work out its differences in a collegial manner." 6. Zoom out as Varoufakis and Dombrovskis leave the stage STORYLINE Greece's finance minister said on Friday that he was "confident" that a deal would be reached over his country's bailout negotiations. Yanis Varoufakis came under fire from his peers in the 19-country eurozone for failing to come up with a comprehensive list of economic reforms that are needed if the country is to get vital loans to avoid going bankrupt. Expectations for a breakthrough were low going into Friday's meeting in the Latvian capital of Riga. Varoufakis said there were differences that still needed to be bridged, but insisted that a deal would happen. He said the main sticking points related to pensions and the budget surplus Athens has to post after debt and interest payments are stripped out. The Greek government has been stuck in talks with its creditors for weeks. =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory.Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/e1687f76863320ed0adbd0e0de8d6169 |
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