BRUSSELS — The new Greek government vowed to take a disciplined approach to budgets, spending and tax collection in the financial plan it submitted for eurozone approval, but said it remained committed to easing the “humanitarian crisis” caused by years of economic hardship and high unemployment.
Greece’s European lenders are set to decide on Tuesday whether to grant a four-month extension to the country’s bailout, after receiving the overhaul proposals from Athens just before midnight on Monday.
Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the head of the Eurogroup of finance ministers, that he
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James Kanter reported from Brussels, and Niki Kitsantonis from Athens.
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