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Tsipras gets no encouragement from lenders, left to consider next move
PoliticsGreek Politicsto take place with the institutions and the Eurogroup. The Greek prime minister must now consider what.... This will remove another incentive (after the Eurogroup’s failure to give more detail on medium-term... for the Eurogroup Working Group, which meets on Tuesday, to allow the implementation of the short-term debt
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Athens settles pension handout row, looks for review progress
EconomyProgrammeEurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem concluded on December 24 that “the way has been cleared... provided the achievement of the fiscal targets is assured.” The next milestone is the Eurogroup... like to resolve most pending issues before the next scheduled Eurogroup on January 26. These largely
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After holiday hiatus, Athens tries to get review moving again
EconomyProgrammeincrease from 63 to almost 73 percent. The Eurogroup Working Group (EWG) convenes on Thursday to take... Christmas. On December 24, Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said that a letter by Tsakalotos... critical policy areas. The next Eurogroup is due on January 26 but it is not expected that the unresolved
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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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