pension cuts
Euroworking Group appears positive on the non- implementation of pension cuts measures
The representatives of the Finance Ministries of the eurozone countries appeared positive on the non-implementation of the pension cuts measures in Greece during Thursday’s meeting of the Euroworking Group, said to Athens-Macedonian News Agency a well informed eurozone source.
Finance minister Euclid Tsakalotos reassures Parliament: There will be no pension cuts in 2019
There will be no pension cuts, Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said on Thursday, adding that the country will return to capital markets.
Papadimoulis comments Dijsselbloem blog on pension cuts: “The numbers are on Greece’s side”
“The numbers are on our side,” European Parliament Vice President and SYRIZA MEP Dimitris Papadimoulis said in a tweet on Monday, citing an admission by the former head of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem that “the Greeks have a case” when they say the pension cuts are a “non-structural” measure.
The government’s intention is to table a budget plan that will not include pension cuts
The government’s intention is to table on October 15 a budget plan that will not include the cuts in pension and the offset measures, but will include the measures announced by the prime minister (Alexis Tsipras) in Thessaloniki International Fair, clarified a top government official speaking to the press in New York.
The government’s goal is to avoid pension cuts, says Digital policy minister Nikos Pappas
The government’s goal is to avoid pension cuts, Minister For Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media Nikos Pappas said on Wednesday in an interview with the public broadcaster ERT.
The institutions consider Greek social security system sustainable, pension cuts may be cancelled
The institutions consider Greece’s social security system sustainable and they are speaking about the cancellation of the measure to cut pensions, according to sources of the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA).
Our governmnet proceeds according to plan, says prime minister Alexis Tsipras in Thessaloniki
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras rejected criticism that his government was resorting to handouts during a press conference held at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) on Sunday, and emphasised that the government was proceeding based on a plan.
“It is not surprising that the IMF insists on cutting pensions” says Digital policy minister Nikos Pappas
“The IMF’s insistence on cutting pensions, as reported in the media, is not surprising,” Nikos Pappas, Minister of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Information posted on Twitter on Thursday.