Greek Programme
S&D group leader Udo Bullman asks Greece’s fair exit from the austerity programme
S&D Group leader Udo Bullman called on the Eurogroup on Thursday to reach a workable agreement for a fair exit of Greece from its current adjustment programme.
“Eurogroup will agree on debt relief, usher a new age for Greek economy” says Centeno
Speaking to reporters ahead of the crucial Eurogroup meeting that will discuss the end of the Greek programme on Thursday, Eurogroup President Mario Centeno appeared optimistic that this will end with a debt relief package that will restore sustainability and mark a new stage for the Greek economy.
Parliament passes omnibus bill on prior actions necessary for final programme review
The Greek parliament plenum on Thursday passed the omnibus bill with the prior actions necessary for the conclusion of the fourth and final review of the Greek programme.
New Eurogroup to examine Greece’s financial progress, dicuss about debt relief measures
A Eurogroup meeting will be held on Thursday afternoon with the Greek issue at the top of the agenda.
Decisions on the Greek program to be taken by the 21 June Eurogroup, says European official
All decisions regarding Greece’s exit from the programme, including those relating to debt relief, will be taken by the June 21 Eurogroup, regardless of whether the International Monetary Fund (IMF) decides to activate its programme for Greece, according to a senior European official in Brussels.
Government spokesman: Greece returns to the markets, exits programme by August 2018
Government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos reiterated the government’s priorities on Friday in an interview with Alpha TV, saying its goal was to complete the Greek programme in August 2018 and return to the markets, having secured the best possible agreements on debt and post-programme surveillance.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras: We are exiting the programme cleanly, without new commitments
After three difficult years of hard but systematic work, with compromises that had to be made but also important victories in battles seen as hopeless, Greece was finally able to stand on its feet again, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras noted in a message for Labour Day.
Tsipras: The passport for what we call a clean exit is the overperformance of the Greek economy
The efforts of the Greek people allow a clean exit from the memorandum programme without any precautionary credit line, in the same way as the other EU member-states that successfully concluded financial assistance programmes, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday in a meeting with European Commission President Jean-claude Juncker. Based on the economic policy […]
Greece will not accept the theory of ‘grey zones’, says Tzanakopoulos
“According to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ latest information from the Defence Ministry there was no incident of violation of the Greek territory” stated government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos during his briefing to the press on Monday.
Economic adjustment programmes achieved only ‘limited’ Greek recovery, report says
The economic adjustment programmes agreed for Greece after the financial crisis broke out failed to bring about its full recovery, despite providing short-term financial stability and making some progress on reform possible, according to a new report from the European Court of Auditors released on Thursday.