German Finance Ministry offered the US “trade” Greece Puerto Rico – Kommersant

                             
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German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said that the US had offered to exchange Greece to Puerto Rico, it reports Bloomberg .

Earlier “Kommersant” reported that Puerto Rico, the state associated with the United States, in fact, declared itself bankrupt. Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla admitted that the debts of Puerto Rico, “can not be paid.” The situation is complicated by the fact that the law of Puerto Rico can not go bankrupt.

«I said the other day my friend Jack Lew (Finance Minister SSHA.- ” b “), we could take the Puerto Rico to the euro area, if the US were willing to take Greece to the Union of the dollar “, – quotes agency the words of Mr. Schäuble.

Recall, June 5 in Greece held a referendum on the attitude to foreign aid programs. According to the data, about 60% of voters rejected the proposals of the European creditors. Earlier it was reported that up to Friday must be submitted new proposals the Greek authorities to creditors.

For more information about the outcome of the referendum, see the article “b” “In Greece there is” no “,” .

Learn more about the crisis in Puerto Rico, read the material “b”, “Puerto Rico became a US Greece».