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  1. IMF’s independent evaluation office identifies mistakes and challenges in Greece’s first programme
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    and European partners and institutions that took place before March 2010. The strong objection from the ECB and the European Commission and the political limitations of member states made avoiding debt... at that juncture would be either infeasible or too risky given the lack of European firewalls. On the troika

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  2. Athens looks to Draghi for positive signals on debt relief
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    It was mentioned almost as an afterthought. Mario Draghi, the European Central Bank President... reforms. And Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras continued meetings with European Union leaders attending a European Council in Brussels to press the case for swift debt relief, countering the German view

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  3. EU officials see Greek deal close, broad debt talks to follow
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    days. European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici expressed his thoughts in Athens, while Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem responded to questions at European Parliament’s economic... of lowering the primary surplus targets for Greece after 2018. The European official, though, avoided

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  4. Fiscal dispute dominates as Greece and lenders gear up for more talks
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    contributions for SMEs. Speaking at the European Parliament’s Economic and Financial Committee on December 6, Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Houliarakis stated that the European institutions see... relates to the outcome of the spending review, which is not considered by the European partners

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  5. Tsipras invokes political solution to resolve labour reform stand-off
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    though the February 20 Eurogroup statement, Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem and European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici have referred to the need for Greece to adopt “best European... with the institutions. Tsipras Tsipras addressed the issue in his press conference following the European Council

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  6. Slow progress on fiscal, impasse on labour keep review deal on hold
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    for a political intervention from the European side to get an agreement that would secure the return... Tsipras is expected to bring this issue up at the European Union leaders’ summit in Rome on March 24... lenders for labour legislation in Greece to be in line with “best European practices.” The government

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  7. Greece and lenders trap themselves over labour reforms
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    will not be ratified by the European statistics agency Eurostat until April 24 (the Greek agency... to bring any tangible benefits. In fact, the European Commission – one of the four members... social model.” At least, that is what European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici told MEPs

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  8. Progress seen in Brussels talks but no deal in sight yet
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    , though, seems to have the sympathy of the European Commission on this issue. European Economic Affairs... supportive of Greece’s positions in a statement to a European Parliament session on the Greek programme... encouraged by the Commission’s position. Tsipras spoke on the phone with European Commission president

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  9. Healthcare next stop for Tsipras amid Georgiou case fallout
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    he sent revised 2009 deficit data to European authorities. The conviction, which carries a suspended... observers but also sparked a reaction from the European Commission, which indicated on Wednesday... process. This has caused somewhat of a dilemma for European officials, who cannot be seen to allow

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  10. Early banks stress tests offered as Greek programme compromise
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    It appears that European lenders are trying to remove one of the potential stumbling blocks... of recapitalisation. The European lenders have insisted that the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) is the only body that can decided what checks are needed. However, European Central Bank executive board

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