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Tsipras in tight spot over debt deal but QE access may hold key to compromise
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe key to an agreement at the next gathering of eurozone finance ministers on June 15. The message... if there is no agreement on making Greece’s debt sustainable. The prime minister knows that if Finance Minister... week but which would also secure access to QE. The proposal put to the Greek finance minister
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Tsipras tackles two fronts as debt talks continue
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe one made to Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos on May 22, alternative scenarios continue to abound... also reports from Germany suggesting that the Finance Ministry in Berlin believes that Athens has to sign a new Memorandum of Understanding to receive debt relief. The response from the Greek Finance
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What can Greece expect at the next Eurogroup?
Agorathem on May 22. At last month’s meeting of eurozone finance ministers, the reluctance... on the table fell short of what Athens had been expecting. Unsurprisingly, Finance Minister Euclid.... On May 22, it appears that Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble made what he thought was a concession
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SYRIZA holds fire as Eurogroup expectations continue to be lowered
PoliticsGreek Politicswas expressed during the gathering, which was addressed by Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos... eurozone finance ministers meet again. They also need to be ticked off so that the institutions can issue their compliance report ahead of the next Eurogroup. Based on this report, the finance
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Greece eyes higher growth as possible catalyst for Eurogroup deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsbetween now and 2060, which prompted a public rebuke from German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble who... restructuring takes place and vice-versa. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire had an opportunity... Jeroen Dijsselbloem and Italian Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan on the same day “to find a solution
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Athens banks on French support for debt relief and growth
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government is due to welcome French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire to Athens on Monday... supportive of the Greek demands at the May 22 Eurogroup. The French finance minister took part in the small... to prepare a compliance report so the eurozone finance ministers can approve the release of the next
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Rhetoric ramped up ahead of Eurogroup but deal still in sight
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the prime minister had performed an about-turn. On Monday, he told French Finance Minister Bruno Le... on a sustainable overall package," Finance Ministry spokesman Juerg Weissgerber said, according to Reuters... in Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and that the Greek prime minister has failed to understand that EU
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Greece gets bigger tranche from Eurogroup but Tsipras misses other key targets
PoliticsGreek Politicssurplus targets, which eurozone finance ministers had been close to agreeing last month. Greece will have.... Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Houlariakis claimed that Greece would not need to borrow from the IMF... to be revised. Nevertheless, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said after the Eurogroup meeting that he
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Eurogroup doesn't end in tie for Tsipras
AgoraDid Greece get what it wanted out of Thursday’s meeting of eurozone finance ministers... is whether German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble got what he wanted. Invariably, the answer... sustainability. The German finance minister, though, sensed there was a chink in the IMF’s armour and took full
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Tsipras eyes next step after mixed Eurogroup deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsfuture was revealed yesterday as it emerged that Spanish Finance Minister Luis de Guindos claimed... and lease-back deal of 28 state-owned buildings. Italian Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan also called for the matter to be resolved. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos pledged to look into it. Greek
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