Greek debt
Exit from the crisis a national goal, says Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
The claim of a final exit from the crisis, sustainable and socially fair, after seven years of recession is a national goal and not simply the government’s political goal, underlined Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in a post on his facebook account on Saturday.
New Democracy wants clear solution on the Greek Debt, says spokesman Kikilias
New Democracy (ND) spokesman Vassilis Kikilias stated that “ND wants a clear solution that will make the Greek debt sustainable. An extension of the grace period and of its payment and the ‘freezing’ of the interests, in an interview to Real News newspaper.
Finance Minister Tsakalotos calls for clear-cut solution on Greece’s debt
Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos asked for a clear-cut solution on the Greek debt on Wednesday, speaking at an Economist conference held in Frankfurt titled “A glimpse into Europe’s financial landscape-Greece: A comeback to the financial markets?”
Eurogroup concludes with no deal on Greek debt: Next meeting on June 15th
The Eurogroup meeting concluded in Brussels late on Monday night without a deal on Greece’s debt, a Eurozone source after the meeting. “The Eurogroup concluded without an agreement on debt. There will be no extra Eurogroup before the one scheduled on June 15,” the source said, adding that the gap between the International Monetary Fund […]
An overall agreement on debt is necessary, French Finance Minister Sapin says
An agreement with the IMF on the Greek debt is necessary, French Finance Minister Michel Sapin on Saturday said on the sidelines of the Ecofin meeting in Malta.
IMF watchdog critical of Fund’s handling of Greek programme, Euro crisis
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) came under fire from its own watchdog – the Independent Evaluation Office – in a report issued on Thursday about the Fund’s handling of the bailout programme in Greece and other euro area countries.
Greece needs action on debt before 2018, German Greens MP Sven-Christian Kindler says
Germany took a “wrong path” during the crisis and imposed a failed policy of “austerity to the death,” according to the German Green Party’s MP in the federal Parliament’s Budget Committee Sven-Christian Kindler.
Course of Greek programme and Greek debt on next Eurogroup’s agenda
The implementation of the Greek programme and the progress in the deliberations on debt sustainability will be in the agenda of the next Eurogroup meeting on Tuesday.
Greece aims at an agreement at Eurogroup; discussion on debt
The critical Eurogroup meeting with the participation of Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos will start on Monday, at 3 pm.
Tsipras attempts to shift focus
Following the government’s embarrassment at having to temporarily shelve the so-called “parallel program” on Thursday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras tried on Saturday to switch the emphasis to the election pledges that the coalition is able to live up to.