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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.
Debt relief to be agreed by June 21, should by substantially frontloaded, says Pierre Moscovici
European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici expressed certainty that a final agreement covering the post-programme period, surveillance and debt relief will be reached at June 21 Eurogroup meeting, in a interview with the newspaper Kathimerini on Tuesday.
June 21 Eurogroup to decide on medium-term measures to ease Greece’s debt
The Eurogroup Working Group (EWG) has taken the first steps to prepare the decision for Greece’s exit from the programme but medium-term measures for easing Greece’s debt will be decided by euro area finance ministers at the June 21 Eurogroup, EU sources said to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA) on Friday.
The programme will conclude smoothly all signs indicate, minister Nikos Pappas says
There are signs that Greece is heading towards a smooth conclusion of the 3rd programme, which is the only programme that has not derailed and also succeeded in reducing unemployment, Minister of Digital Policy, Media and Telecommunications Nikos Pappas said on Thursday, in an interview with ‘Sto Kokkino’ radio station.
“No coalition with SYRIZA after the elections”, states opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis
New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis accused the government on Sunday of having signed a fourth bailout with creditors and ruled out teaming up with Syriza or Independent Greeks after the next national elections.
“There is no hope”: Fofi Gennimata accusses government for bringing new memoranda
Movement for Change leader Fofi Gennimata assailed the government for its leadership on Wednesday and asked for early elections so that a new government may safely lead the country out of the loan memoranda.
Thursday’s EWG to open talks process on Greece’s completion of fiscal programme
The countdown of talks leading to Greece’s completion of its fiscal adjustment programme will begin at a Euroworking Group (EWG) meeting on Thursday.
Gov’t concludes adjustment programme without breaking its alliances with the socially weaker, Dimitris Tzanakopoulos says
The freedom in exercising economic and social policy will extend after the conclusion of the programme, noted government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos in an interview with the Sunday edition of Ethnos newspaper.
ESM approves 6.7 bln euro loan for Greece, disbursement of 5.7 bln
The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) board on Tuesday approved a 6.7-billion-euro loan tranche for Greece, the fourth tranche of ESM financial assistance to Greece. In addition, it approved the disbursement of the first sub-tranche of 5.7 billion euros.
We got what we wanted; an agreement to exit supervision, Prime Minister Tsipras says
Greece got what it wanted from the institutions, which was an agreement that will point the way for the country’s exit from supervision, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday in a televised address on public TV channel ERT.