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Another euro stitch unpicked
Agoraare going to be incredibly tense, there isn’t now. The European Central Bank’s decision on Wednesday... to European Cout of Justice’s advocate general, should not be in the Troika - is unilaterally declaring... to an agreement soon. “By taking and announcing this decision, the European Central Bank is putting pressure
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Greece's extension proposals to the Eurogroup and what they mean
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the troika of lenders – the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International...) “To ensure, working closely with our European and international partners, that any new measures be fully...) “To allow the European Central Bank to re-introduce the waiver in accordance with its procedures
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Spain is not Greece: Part two
Agorato his then Greek counterpart, Antonis Samaras –the only head of a European government who did... people – hovers around the poverty threshold, a recent report from the European Anti-Poverty Network... in the European Union’s at a critical time: when the eurozone struggles to get back on to the growth
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Greece: The gathering storm
Agoradeclared null and void. Schaeuble also accused Varoufakis of “straining the solidarity of European... of the Eurogroup, as underlined by the fact that Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem, European... that the European Central Bank and the European Commission do not have the expertise or resolve to ensure
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After Eurogroup, hard work, more pressure and sliver of hope for Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund and European Commission will have... decision rests with the European Central Bank. The ECB does not necessarily have the final say... government, though, came from the lips of the European Stability Mechanism chief Klaus Regling, who
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Newsletter 19 - 13/03/2015
representatives of the European Commission, European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund and the European Stability Mechanism in Brussels. It is the first time that the ESM has had such a role... than 38 billion in European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) bonds which can still be placed
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Tsipras to meet Merkel amid search for political backing
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Berlin was arranged at Merkel’s suggestion and will take place in the wake of a European Union... cause. However, there was no indication from European Council President Donald Tusk that Greece would... meetings with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Central Bank chief Mario
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Newsletter 21 - 27/03/2015
euros: 1.84 million from the European Central Bank’s securities markets programme (SMP) profits and, ideally, 1.2 billion of the 10.9 billion of European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) bonds...”, as Tsipras said after meeting with top European Union officials last week, opposition parties also seem
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A breakdown of the fiscal and structural reforms Greece hopes will unlock funding
EconomyProgrammethe European Central Bank lift the 15-billion-euro limit on T-Bill issues, allowing the government to avoid... is believed to be looking for the swift release of 1.2 billion euros it overpaid to the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), 1.9 billion from the European Central Bank’s SMP profits and possibly
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Tsipras hopes for 'spring' with Russia but brighter days not certain
PoliticsForeign Policybetween Moscow and the European Union. However, there are questions about how well Athens has planned...) The European Commission has already declared that it wants Europe to gradually reduce its reliance..., Tsipras described the sanctions as a “road to nowhere”. He also noted that in his first European Council
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