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Bullman to address event on the future of Europe, in Athens: He will visit Mati, before the lecture
The leader of the Socialist and Democrats Group in the European Parliament (S&D) Udo Bullman will be a keynote speaker at an event on the future of Europe, organised by the S&D Group and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Athens.
“Tsipras is the past, Greece needs investments for an optimistic future” states Kyriakos Mitsotakis
“Tsipras represents the past. He cannot speak about the optimistic future of Greece,” main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday following Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ speech on the island of Syros.
Greece needs to implement responsible economic policy after the memoranda, report says
The Greek government must continue implementing a responsible economic policy after the country’s exit from the memorandum, the Parliament’s State Budget Office said in a report released on Wednesday.
“The memorandum goes on, benefiting the capital over people” says Communist leader Koutsoumbas
Conditions in the shipyards “will worsen as long as the shipping industry sector continues to be in the centre of the extreme controversy and competition between the governments and major monopoly interests,” said Communist Party (KKE) Secretary General Dimitris Koutsoumbas, who visited Elefsina shipyards on Wednesday.
“Pierre Moscivici’s visit marks complete exit from the memorada” says Dimitris Tzanakopoulos
“European Commissioner Pierre Moscovici’s visit to Greece confirmed the final exit from the memoranda” (adjustment programs), government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said on Wednesday at a press briefing.
“With the memorandum over, power returns to the elected government” Tsipras tells Moscovici
Greece has returned to normality within the eurozone, European Commissioner for Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici said during his meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday at the Maximos Mansion.
President Prokopis Pavlopoulos thanks Pierre Moscovici for his support of Greece, greets new era
The Greek people cannot pay for mistakes that they are not their own, Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos said on Tuesday in a meeting with EU Commissioner Pierre Moscovici.
“This is not a new memorandum, the troika is not coming back” Moscovici assures Parliament
Greece will be subject to the surveillance that applies to all eurozone countries, and the budget plan will be governed by the rules applicable to each country, EU Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Pierre Moscovici stressed in the Greek Parliament on Tuesday.
No new commitments or terms for Greece after the memorandum, Dombrovskis says
There will be no new commitments and terms for Greece after the memorandum, said Valdis Drombrovskis, European Commission Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue, on Friday, adding that the country was returning to normality and the “European Semester” with the submission of reports to the European Commission on fiscal data.
No more memorandum after the end of the Greek programme, ESM chief Regling assures
There will be no new memorandum after Greece’s exit from the programme, the chief of European Stability Mechanism (ESM) Klaus Regling clearly stated on Friday, underlining that while surveillance will be stricter there will be no new conditions.