Brussels pushes Greece on transparent reforms

European finance ministers are piling pressure on Greece to open its books and follow through with pledges agreed to in its rescue package, as the country tries to avoid running out of cash as soon as this month.

Greece will resume talks with its creditors in Brussels today, alongside technical talks in Athens to comb through data. Finance minister Yanis Varoufakis said Greece will make “all necessary” data available.

“It looks as if Greece wants to commit to as little as possible, so that it can get money as soon as possible,” Aristides Hatzis, an associate professor of law and economics at the University of Athens, said by phone on yesterday.