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Brussels talks inconclusive, Tsipras has tough sell at home if deal reached Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was briefed last night on the content of lenders’ proposals and everything points to him having his work cut out to convince his party to support the deal if he reaches the point where he accepts it.
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Eurogroup leaves Greece in limbo, with liquidity drying up Monday’s Eurogroup produced a lukewarm statement on the state of Greece’s negotiations with its lenders that Athens hopes will be enough to avert any decision from the European Central Bank that would further restrict liquidity to local lenders but which is unlikely to suffice for Frankfurt to lift the T-Bill cap for the Greek state and banks.
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Eurogroup build-up dominated by internal friction over way forward The Greek government will be looking towards Monday’s Eurogroup for some kind of positive indication regarding the state of its negotiations with lenders but expectations for any kind of notable statement are extremely low.
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Greece expects no surprises from ECB despite questioning chances of deal The Greek government appears confident that a meeting of the European Central Bank’s governing council today will not result in a greater haircut being applied to the collateral provided by Greek banks seeking emergency liquidity (ELA).
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Greece hopes to catch break from ECB as IMF puts its foot down The Greek government is due to launch a new effort on Tuesday to overcome its liquidity problems as talks with its lenders still look far from being concluded and have been complicated by the International Monetary Fund reportedly stressing the need for debt relief from the official sector.
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Greece eyes temporary solution to liquidity problem from Brussels Group talks Negotiations between Greece and its lenders are to continue for a second day on Friday, with Athens hoping that a positive outcome at the Brussels Group could lead to the government’s liquidity crisis being overcome quickly.
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As reform talks continue in Brussels, Tsipras gauges reaction at home Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is due to round off on Monday evening his attempt to engage with his own party and the domestic audience over the content of the reform package his government has sent to lenders and the course of negotiations in Brussels.
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After Eurogroup, hard work, more pressure and sliver of hope for Greece While the language and tone of eurozone finance ministers’ comments regarding Greece before and after Monday’s Eurogroup was negative, the outcome of the meeting left Athens in no worse a position than it started the day but with a huge amount of work to do over the coming days and weeks.
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Eurogroup leaves Tsipras with difficult but not impossible deal to sell at home Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis walked away from Friday’s Eurogroup with the promise of a four-month extension of Greece’s loan agreement, which has some concessions for the coalition but overall is a deal that he and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras might find difficult to sell domestically.
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Greece's extension proposals to the Eurogroup and what they mean In a substantial climbdown, the Greek government on Thursday submitted a request to the Eurogroup for a six-month extension of its programme, although it remained vague on what measures and fiscal targets it would accept.