Programme
Finance Ministry details impact of pension interventions, sees 2021 social budget surplus at 3.17 bln
The Finance Ministry tabled a legislative improvement in the multi-bill with prior actions, presenting the impact of the 2015-2016 social security fund interventions up to 2021.
Govt tables 2018-21 MTFS containing 4.5 bln in measures, sees growth rising from 1.8 pct this year
The government tabled in Parliament on Saturday night the Medium-Term Fiscal Strategy (MTFS) for 2018-2021 as the last article in the 275-page multi-bill containing the measures needed for the conclusion of the second programme review.
Details of technical agreement between Greece and lenders set out in draft sMoU
The updated supplemental memorandum of understanding (sMoU), which was drafted following a technical agreement between Greece and its lenders, was leaked in Handelsblatt on Monday evening.
Debt relief, MTFS and return to bond markets on agenda after technical agreement
Following the technical agreement between the Greek government and the institutions’ mission chiefs on Tuesday morning, an extraordinary Eurogroup Working Group (EWG) is due to be held on Thursday evening.
Greece agrees package of measures with IMF, eurozone to seal review
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos emerged from talks with the institutions at around 6 a.m. on Monday to announce that there had been an agreement between the various participants.
Athens and creditors get down to details in final stretch of review
The new round of discussions between the Greek government and the institutions’ mission chiefs began on Tuesday with the aim of reaching a staff-level agreement (SLA) in the next few days.
ESM takes stock of Greece's sovereign vulnerability
The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) published a report last week that assessed sovereign vulnerabilities in the five eurozone countries that had received bailout loans.
Athens details fiscal counter-measures, a vital selling point for Tsipras
The expansionary counter-measures designed to balance the new fiscal interventions that Greece will have to implement, initially outlined by Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos at a press conference after Friday’s Eurogroup, were detailed in a report published by the Athens News Agency (AMNA) on Sunday.
Compromise proposal on table ahead of Friday's Eurogroup
Following a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday evening between representatives from the institutions and the Greek government, a compromise agreement on the fiscal measures beyond 2018 appears to be on the table.
No return of institutions to Athens yet as differences persist
The Eurogroup Working Group (EWG) held on Thursday night did not give the green light for the return of the institutions’ mission chiefs to Athens.