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Newsletter 102 - 13/01/2017
, ahead of the Eurogroup Working Group on Thursday. It appears that the message Tsakalotos carried..., same negotiations. Athens hopes that next Eurogroup will give the go-ahead to short-term debt... the Greek government suggest that the target for completion is the February 20 Eurogroup, rather than
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Decisive week for Greek programme begins with proposal from Athens
EconomyProgrammerelate to the pricing and funding of the measures endorsed by the December 5 Eurogroup, which involve... on the review front ahead of Thursday’s Eurogroup, from which Greece hopes to emerge with an agreement... at the Eurogroup, which is intended to be sent to the institutions before Thursday and will cover a range
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With review stalled, Athens continues to be coy on concessions
PoliticsGreek Politicscrucial waypoint in the Greek review is Thursday’s meeting of the Eurogroup Working Group (EWG). Athens... of efforts by Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker... an outline agreement in place by the February 20 Eurogroup. Athens, however, is unwilling to lay its cards
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Athens waits for move from lenders to get review going
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWhile some reports in Athens claim that Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem is making behind... part in Thursday’s Eurogroup Working Group. There has been no indication from Athens of any new... can be made this month, even if a full agreement by the February 20 Eurogroup looks beyond reach
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Newsletter 106 - 10/02/2017
for the review impasse being found in to time for the February 20 Eurogroup. The last few days have... and the European Stability Mechanism argue that there is no cause for alarm. Eurogroup chief and Dutch Finance... that on February 20 at the next Eurogroup meeting, the agreement will be reached and the country
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Lenders make proposal to Athens but no immediate breakthrough expected
PoliticsGreek Politicson Friday but it seems unlikely that an agreement will be reached by the Eurogroup on February 20. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos met with the heads of the institutions and Eurogroup chief Jeroen... finance minister noted that the February 20 Eurogroup would simply “take stock” of the review’s
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Tsipras faces heavy lifting to finalise deal and get party approval
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEurogroup will not leave anyone significantly worse off. Both men stressed that any new measures legislated... may provide the first signs of how party members feel about the agreement at the Eurogroup, which... Parliament. Party secretary Panayiotis Rigas insisted that the outcome of the Eurogroup
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This is where the last few days have left Greece and lenders
Agoraparty, New Democracy, in the wake of Monday’s agreement at the Eurogroup. Either that or Carnival... on Monday that the latest agreement represents an effort to move from austerity to reform. Eurogroup... positions for some time and are reflected in a Eurogroup statement from last May, as well as the debt
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Athens braces for return of lenders, discussion about measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsat last Monday’s Eurogroup and then justified his government’s choices during a parliamentary debate... with the way that the Eurogroup agreement was communicated by the government but he defended it stoutly... by the Eurogroup on March 20.
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Tsakalotos role under scrutiny as talks become more tense
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the February 20 Eurogroup, when it argued that the contractionary measures demanded by the lenders would... of the March 20 Eurogroup. This has been evident from the far more reserved interpretation given... on is that it is possible to have a technical agreement with the lenders by the Eurogroup on March 20. Speaking to MPs
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