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Athens warms to idea of eurozone going it alone after Schaeuble IMF comment
EconomyProgrammethat “in case the IMF withdraws, then the Europeans may end up with their own solution within the European monetary system. In such a case, the IMF’s role should be assigned to the European Stability Mechanism... measures beyond 2018 now, the European Commission insisting that the primary surplus target has to be 3.5
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Eurogroup sheds little light on how Greek review will progress
EconomyProgrammea clear insistence on the side of the European lenders that the International Monetary Fund should... instead to leave that for the negotiations between the institutions and the Greek government. European... sustainable. However, neither Dijsselbloem, nor Regling or European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre
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Space and time the missing elements in Greek bailout talks
Agoraof austerity from the European lenders, the Fund has called for more fiscal measures in Greece to meet... developed by some European politicians during the crisis of Greece as a failing state with a feckless... European Central Bank and pave the way for a strong recovery this year (the forecast is for growth of 2.8
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Lenders' proposal not yet enough to convince Athens, banish snap poll option
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEuropean director, Poul Thomsen, that Greek pensioners are better off than their German counterparts... package that does not provide it with a clear path to inclusion in the European Central Bank’s QE... the European Commission’s support on this issue and that sources in Brussels believe it would be possible
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IMF comments, blog leave no doubt credible debt relief has to be agreed soon
EconomyProgrammeof Research and Poul Thomsen, Director of IMF’s European Department. A few days after Monday’s Eurogroup... also refer to the European Commission’s more optimistic long-term macro forecasts on Greece. Another... subject to credible fiscal targets being met is addressed towards Greece’s European lenders
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Newsletter 108 - 24/02/2017
on the adoption of European best practices in Greece. Changing labour legislation is just one of the sensitive... extent, to European Investment Bank (EIB) bonds of 368 million granted to Greece in November and December... billion on the back of the European Stability Mechanism disbursement, mitigated by payments of around 200
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Lack of trade-offs for Athens keep deal with creditors out of reach
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe European lenders even though the third memorandum contains a commitment to establish the best European... challenged by Athens (as well as some of the European lenders), which argues that the figures used
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Q4 GDP contracts 1.2 pct QoQ, leading to recession of 0.1 pct for 2016
EconomyMacroeconomypercent indicated in preliminary estimates. The latest European Commission (EC), IMF and Bank... the lion’s share of GDP, making up 69 percent of the total figure. The latest European Commission... The most recent forecasts by the Finance Ministry, the European Commission and the IMF point
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Newsletter 110 - 10/03/2017
on the Greek side, from Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, and the European lenders to ensure... on labour reforms. Interventions from Alexis Tsipras and the European lenders ensured that the negotiations... eliminated. The European institutions also acknowledged that important progress has been made, while
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Greek households spend greatest share of income on accommodation in EU
Society, the European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless (Feantsa) said in its... and mortgage arrears in 2014. In the European Union as a whole, 10.2 percent of poor households were... of conventional dwellings”. The report says homelessness is rising in all European countries except
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