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Tsipras tweaks message as chance of review compromise emerges
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs speculation mounts that the Greek government is preparing for a compromise with the institutions that will lead to the conclusion of the review, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras presented a slightly more nuanced position during a stormy parliamentary debate on Wednesday night.
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Athens accepts review's toughest fronts remain open
EconomyProgrammeOne day after a Bloomberg report cited a memo discussed at the last Eurogroup, which noted that almost two thirds of the second programme review prior actions have yet to be completed, the Greek government gave its own view on the state of play in the review process on Tuesday evening.
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Athens searching for compromise formula should IMF remain on board
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe indication that no progress regarding Greece’s review should be expected before the International Monetary Fund’s executive board meets on Monday was strengthened by comments from European officials.
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Tsipras facing limited options as he waits for signs from IMF
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere is great uncertainty regarding the Greek government’s intentions following the disappointing outcome of last week’s Eurogroup for Athens.
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IMF's outlook on debt unsustainability adds to doubts after inconclusive Eurogroup
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek government attempted to put a positive spin on Thursday’s Eurogroup even though it seems to have come under strong pressure to adopt the fiscal measures demanded by the International Monetary Fund in advance and emerged from the Brussels meeting without any clear indication of when or under what terms the institutions will return to Athens.
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Eurogroup sheds little light on how Greek review will progress
EconomyProgrammeThursday’s Eurogroup yielded little in way of tangible results for the Greek programme, apart from a clear insistence on the side of the European lenders that the International Monetary Fund should remain fully involved in the bailout.
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Key fiscal differences lower expectations for Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn comments during a television interview on Wednesday night, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos appeared to rule out one of the rumoured compromise solutions between Greece and its lenders ahead of Thursday’s Eurogroup.
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Tsipras dismisses snap polls and new measures as review deal hangs in balance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn an interview marking two years since he became prime minister, Alexis Tsipras insisted that the government will not vote “a single euro” in new measures through Greek Parliament as part of its efforts to conclude the second review.
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Decisive week for Greek programme begins with proposal from Athens
EconomyProgrammeA crucial week for the future of the Greek programme is due to unfold over the next few days as Athens hopes to get the review process moving again based on a proposal to extend the fiscal mechanism.
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Schaeuble presents Athens with stark reality of programme without IMF
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government was still pondering the implications of Wolfgang Schaeuble’s comments regarding the possible exclusion of the International Monetary Fund from the country’s programme when the German finance minister struck again on Monday to leave Athens in little doubt that such an option would entail a high risk for Greece.