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Waiting for Eurogroup outcome, ND and SYRIZA focus on economic interventions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government will be watching Tuesday’s Eurogroup with a keen interest as it tries to adapt its ongoing response to the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis. In terms of trying to suppress the spread of the disease, the government has stepped up restrictions on some islands, amid fears
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Eurogroup presidency hailed as pinnacle of recovery as OPEKEPE hearings descend into turmoil
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe election of Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis as president of the Eurogroup has been welcomed by forces across the political spectrum in Greece as the final recognition of the country’s comeback from the financial crisis. The OPEKEPE inquiry, meanwhile, offered a reminder of the government
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Athens expects emergency economic measures to contain 2020 contraction to 4.7 in baseline
Economywas accordingly raised by 5 billion euros on April 2, following the Eurogorup decision to waive the fiscal
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Newsletter 75 - 27/05/2016
Eurogroup reaches agreement IMF lowers long-term GDP and primary surplus assumptions Parliament... Eurogroup meeting. The report suggested that the analysis should be based on a long-term primary surplus... by 2040 and 39 percent by 2060. The Eurogroup reached an agreement early Wednesday
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Newsletter 99 - 09/12/2016
Eurogroup approves ESM proposals Overdue taxes now equal to almost 54 percent of GDP... risk using the EFSF/ESM funding strategy. Regarding the second review, Eurogroup President Jeroen..., with the Eurogroup statement noting that Greece should maintain a primary surplus target of 3.5 percent
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Newsletter 198 -15/03/2019
the European Commission’s second enhanced surveillance report last month, Monday’s Eurogroup did not lead to the activation of the latest round of debt relief measures for Greece. Eurogroup chief Mario Centeno... Eurogroup less urgent for the Greek government. Since issuing the new debt last week, Athens
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A breakdown of what Tsipras and European lenders agreed to
EconomyProgrammeis broadly similar to the 4-page Eurogroup statement that was published yesterday meaning that eurozone... for the Eurogroup to agree on a new ESM programme. · By July 15, the government should legislate... over the counter pharmaceutical products, that were included in the Eurogroup statement) as well
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Newsletter 72 - 06/05/2016
Reforms go to Sunday vote Measures unlikely to overcome Monday's Eurogroup obstacles Following... for an extraordinary Eurogroup, which is not expected to produce enough consensus to conclude... abroad. This might have been more difficult to do after the Eurogroup. On Thursday, Labour Minister
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Newsletter 73 - 13/05/2016
to an agreement at the Eurogroup meeting, which welcomed the vote on the first batch of measures... that has to be At this week’s Eurogroup meeting, which welcomed the Athens vote, Greece and its EU... effective in the year thereafter. Discussions also included debt relief measures, with the Eurogroup
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Shaping the post-programme narrative in Greece
AgoraRenzi overshadowed last week’s Eurogroup meeting on Greece. The December 5 monthly reunion... percent of GDP. What remains controversial between the Eurogroup and the Greek authorities... targets for 2018 and beyond, namely a primary balance of 3.5 percent of GDP. While the Eurogroup
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