Greece signals growing optimism over bailout deal

Deputy PM Yannis Dragasakis says upcoming eurozone meeting could herald agreement with creditors and end months of stalemate

Greece's deputy prime minister has endorsed growing expressions of optimism over talks with the country's creditors, saying enough common ground has been found to enable the two sides to reach an agreement.

Yannis Dragasakis said he hoped the meeting of eurozone finance ministers on 11 May would finally break ground by signalling that progress had been made. "I hope on Monday a sign of progress will be given and [they say] an agreement is visible," the 68-year-old politician told the Guardian in an interview.

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