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Greece's key pledges and requests at the Eurogroup meetings
PoliticsGreek Politicsfinance ministers, which could discuss what kind of terms are acceptable to both sides, remains... by Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis at the two previous Eurogroup meetings. We present below... in their specific areas of expertise and competence. We are committed to sound public finances. Greece has made
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Eurogroup leaves Tsipras with difficult but not impossible deal to sell at home
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFinance Minister Yanis Varoufakis walked away from Friday’s Eurogroup with the promise of a four... did in a lengthy news conference after the Eurogroup. There are three key factors that the finance... finances are going to be extremely tight for the next few months. The shackling of the government’s
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Coalition ready to pass first legislation as agenda for lenders' talks grows
PoliticsGreek Politicsto its election pledges. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis both... of their pre-election programme. Talks with lenders There were reports that German Finance Minister... that creditors have insisted they want a full briefing on the state of Greece’s public finances before
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Lack of liquidity, political cost push Greek gov't to seek swift deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicshikes, which Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has labelled “recessionary measures,” has more to do... precarious. Earlier this week, Alternate Finance Minister Dimitris Mardas claimed in a TV appearance... the opposition has accused the government of amateur handling of public finances – even though
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Greece: After a deal, work on a solution
Agorafinance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, alongside CDU rebels? The answer has to be no: reports of a Schäuble-Merkel split are overblown. Schäuble can play the hawkish finance minister, which boosts his... investment in this false narrative. EvenSweden failed to consolidate its public finances in the early
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Newsletter 68 - 01/04/2016
payments. The picture is clearer on direct taxes where the finance ministry and the mission chiefs have..., would be implemented. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, Alternate Finance Minister George... deficit and state finances heading off the rails, Papandreou continued to sue for snap polls. He
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Government's relationship with Stournaras teeters again
PoliticsForeign PolicyYannis Stournaras after anti-corruption prosecutors reportedly raided the ex-finance minister’s home... was behaving as if he was still finance minister in the New Democracy-led coalition he served in between... mismanagement of finances at KEELPNO. The preliminary investigation into possible corruption at KEELPNO
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Progress rather than breakthrough the target at Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the review to be completed. Going into the meeting of the eurozone finance ministers, the Greek.... Speaking on German television on Sunday, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble denied... public finances, casting doubt on the Fund’s forecasts, which have proved such a sticking point
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The wit and will of men
Agorawas renewed and made more specific at the meeting of eurozone finance ministers last May. A few weeks ago.... After Monday’s Eurogroup, Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said it “should not be beyond... at risk. The prospect of more measures being required to make up for any shortfall in public finances
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Newsletter 124 - 23/06/2017
have had more of a symbolic than practical impact, while Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos... for Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos’s visit to London. He departed for the UK on Wednesday... also like to have the relevant legislation ready by September. Securing finances and other operational
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