 "Tsipras urges European creditors to compromise on Greek deal")
Greek society can't absorb more austerity, and the country's creditors must compromise to break the impasse over the release of funds for its cash-strapped economy, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said.
Tsipras sought to placate critics within his Syriza party after returning from a European Union summit in Riga, Latvia, where talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande failed to yield a breakthrough on measures to unlock bailout funding.
Some members of his party advocate defaulting on loans rather than backing down from the anti-austerity policies that swept it to power in January even if that leads the country out of the euro.
"We've shown willingness to compromise to get to a mutually beneficial solution," Tsipras said in a speech at the start of a two-day meeting of Syriza's central committee on Saturday.
Tsipras sought to placate critics within his Syriza party after returning from a European Union summit in Riga, Latvia, where talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande failed to yield a breakthrough on measures to unlock bailout funding.
Some members of his party advocate defaulting on loans rather than backing down from the anti-austerity policies that swept it to power in January even if that leads the country out of the euro.
"We've shown willingness to compromise to get to a mutually beneficial solution," Tsipras said in a speech at the start of a two-day meeting of Syriza's central committee on Saturday.