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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.
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Greece's key pledges and requests at the Eurogroup meetings Greece is expected to ask for a six-month extension to its loan agreement with its creditors at some point on Wednesday but it is not clear if this will be accepted as Athens is specifically rejecting the option of lengthening the bailout because it rejects the terms that come with it.
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So far and yet so near for Greece and eurozone after second abortive Eurogroup For the second Eurogroup running, Greece and the eurozone failed to reach an agreement on how to move forward. However, an apparent acrimonious falling out may be less damaging than it first appears and, in essence, the two sides do not seem to be far apart from a deal.
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Greece and eurozone edge towards deal but details remain sketchy In a sign that Greece and its lenders may be moving closer to an agreement, Greek officials and representatives of the troika are due to begin technical work on Friday to prepare for Monday’s Eurogroup.
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PoliticsGreek Politics Signs that Greece-eurozone deal may be in sight but much work remains As the dust settles from Wednesday’s inconclusive Eurogroup, it is difficult to assess with certainty whether events in Brussels leave Greece and the eurozone closer or further from an agreement.
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No deal at Eurogroup but also no clear way forward As expected, Wednesday's Eurogroup failed to result in an agreement for Greece and the eurozone but the gap between the two sides was emphasised by the absence of a joint statement at the end of the meeting.
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Greece prepares set of proposals for bridging deal with eurozone One day after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s presented his government’s policy programme in Parliament, the Finance Ministry has been briefing journalists on what will be the four pillars of Greece’s proposal to the Eurogroup on Wednesday.
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Tsipras sticks to pre-election pledges as eurozone negotiations loom Despite expectations that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras would moderate his goals when announcing his government’s policy programme in Parliament on Sunday, the Greek leader’s stuck almost rigidly to his pre-election pledges, many of which run counter to the policies that the country’s lenders would like to see.
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This is the deal Greece will go in search of at Wednesday's sceptical Eurogroup There seems to be some unnecessary confusion surrounding what position Greece will take at the extra Eurogroup meeting on Wednesday, February 11.