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Greece's key pledges and requests at the Eurogroup meetings
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis will be enough for Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem to call an emergency meeting of eurozone... by Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis at the two previous Eurogroup meetings. We present below... from February 11 Eurogroup: Government commitments Our citizens have rejected the role
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Eurogroup leaves Greece in limbo, with liquidity drying up
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMonday’s Eurogroup produced a lukewarm statement on the state of Greece’s negotiations with its... the T-Bill cap for the Greek state and banks. In its statement, the Eurogroup welcomed... ministers, Athens had expressed hopes that the Eurogroup would produce a statement positive enough
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Rhetoric ramped up ahead of Eurogroup but deal still in sight
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs Thursday's Eurogroup approaches, Athens and Berlin are dialling up their rhetoric... to reaching a deal at the Eurogroup. However, his comments on Tuesday are in line with the position that he has maintained since the last Eurogroup on May 22, which implies he wants to keep alive
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SYRIZA holds fire as Eurogroup expectations continue to be lowered
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat there has been any significant change in Athens’s position ahead of the June 15 Eurogroup... and the party leadership over the impasse at the May 22 Eurogroup. Understandably, concern about... to the markets. Of course, this is a rather vague position and the talks since the inconclusive Eurogroup
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Greece gets bigger tranche from Eurogroup but Tsipras misses other key targets
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThursday’s Eurogroup in Luxembourg ended in an agreement that will see Greece receive another 8.5... billion euros that was initially lined up and had been on offer at the May 22 Eurogroup, which ended... relief Regarding debt relief, the Eurogroup statement repeated the commitments made in May 2016
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Eurogroup doesn't end in tie for Tsipras
Agora? This is the wrong question to ask. In the case of Eurogroup meetings, the first question that needs to be posed... there is greater clarity regarding debt relief had not been publicly discussed before the May 22 Eurogroup... market. There was also a reference in the Eurogroup statement to the Greek government
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Eurogroup clears next bailout tranches for Greece, sets new goals
EconomyProgrammeAs expected, the informal Eurogroup held in Athens on Tuesday approved the next European Financial... to the delay in completing the last review. In the statement released after the Eurogroup meeting... July 1. The Eurogroup statement welcomes the Greek authorities' “strong commitment
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Eurogroup agrees two-month extension for Greek bailout but political developments to dominate
EconomyProgrammeThe Eurogroup decided on Monday that it would be "favourably disposed" to a request by Greece... extension for a few weeks. The Eurogroup also asked from the troika to prepare by December 9 a factual... request the programme extension on the same day. The Eurogroup decision actually extends until the end
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Greece's fiscal, debt and funding goals as set out at Eurogroup
EconomyProgrammeEurozone partners during the last two Eurogroup meetings on February 11 and 16. We will examine some... Eurogroup, Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis indicated that the primary surplus of 1.5 percent... euros of payments to the IMF until June and asked the Eurogroup to disburse the ECB’s SMP profits of 1.9
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Greece's extension proposals to the Eurogroup and what they mean
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn a substantial climbdown, the Greek government on Thursday submitted a request to the Eurogroup... in line with the vague commitment made by the Eurogroup in November 2012 to discuss further measures... at a Eurogroup on Friday afternoon. Either way, the content of Thursday’s request from Athens
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