"We explored a number of issues, one of which was the current programme," Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who chaired the meeting, told a news conference tonight in Brussels.
"We discussed the possibility of an extension. For some that is clear that is preferred option but we haven't come to that conclusion as yet. We will need a little more time."
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis had begun talks with his euro zone peers after his government won a confidence vote for its refusal to extend an international bailout.
The former academic said he was ready for a clash with Germany and its allies over Greece's decision to scrap austerity measures, end cooperation with the bailout Troika and demand a "haircut" reducing its debt burden.
"If a debt can no longer be paid off then that leads to a haircut," he told a German magazine. "What is critical is that Greece's debt cannot be paid off in the near future."
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has said that if Greece is not willing to request an extension of its €240bn bailout - the biggest in financial history - "then that's it", ruling out further assistance or debt forgiveness......................http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0211/679290-greece/
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Pas d'accord entre la Grèce et la zone euro sur la prolongation du programme d'aide...
ReplyDelete(Belga) La réunion des ministres des Finances de la zone euro mercredi à Bruxelles n'a débouché sur aucun accord avec la Grèce qui "n'a pas accepté" la prolongation du programme d'aide en cours, que souhaitaient ses créanciers, a indiqué une source gouvernementale grecque.
"Cet Eurogroupe n'a pas débouché sur un accord. La prolongation du mémorandum n'a pas été acceptée", a affirmé cette source, selon laquelle la négociation va se poursuivre "en vue d'un accord mutuellement bénéfique" pour les deux parties sur l'avenir du financement, des réformes et de la dette de la Grèce. La réunion extraordinaire des ministres des Finances de la zone euro avait débuté vers 16H30 GMT (17H30 HB) pour tenter de rapprocher les points de vue, et prendre connaissance du plan d'Athènes pour se financer à court terme. Durant cette réunion, la Grèce représentée par son ministre des Finances Yanis Varoufakis "a argumenté sur l'échec des mémorandums", ces accords passés depuis 2010 entre Athènes d'une part, la troïka (UE-BCE-FMI) d'autre part, et basés sur l'octroi de 240 milliards d'euro de prêts en échange d'une austérité drastique et d'une longue liste de réformes structurelles....................http://www.rtl.be/info/monde/economie/pas-d-accord-entre-la-grece-et-la-zone-euro-sur-la-prolongation-du-programme-d-aide-699781.aspx
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Greece, euro zone fail to agree on debt, to try again on Monday ...
ReplyDelete(Reuters) - Greece's new leftist government and its international creditors failed to agree on a way forward on the country's unpopular bailout and will try again on Monday, with time running out for a financing deal.
In seven hours of crisis talks in Brussels that ended after midnight, euro zone finance ministers were unable to agree even a joint statement on the next procedural steps. Both sides played down the setback, insisting there had been no rupture.
But Greek stock prices, which whipped higher after hours in New York on talk of an accord, sagged with disappointment when it emerged that Greece's laconic new Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis had walked away from a draft deal to extend current credit terms after conferring with fellow Greek officials.
"We had an intense discussion, constructive, covering a lot of ground, also making progress, but not enough progress yet to come to joint conclusions," Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the chairman of Eurogroup finance ministers, told a midnight news conference.....................http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/12/us-eurozone-greece-idUSKBN0LF1CE20150212?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
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Eklat in Brüssel – keine Einigung mit Griechenland...
ReplyDeleteEine gemeinsame Erklärung der Eurogruppe schien schon unter Dach und Fach, als Bundesfinanzminister Schäuble abreiste. Doch dann zog Griechenlands Finanzminister seine Zustimmung offenbar zurück.
Es hat nicht einmal für einen Minimalkonsens gereicht: Im Schuldenstreit haben die neue griechische Regierung und die Euro-Finanzminister noch keine Lösung gefunden. "Wir haben nicht genug Fortschritte erzielt, um eine gemeinsame Erklärung abzugeben", sagte Eurogruppen-Chef Jeroen Dijsselbloem nach mehrstündigen Verhandlungen in Brüssel. Die Diskussionen seien intensiv und konstruktiv gewesen. Die Gespräche sollten am Montag beim nächsten Treffen der Euro-Finanzminister fortgesetzt werden...................http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article137365559/Eklat-in-Bruessel-keine-Einigung-mit-Griechenland.html
Germany sends first minister to visit Greece amid crisis...
ReplyDeleteGermany's European Affairs minister, Michael Roth, will visit Athens to meet his Greek counterpart Nikos Chountis on Friday, the Greek foreign ministry said on Thursday.
It would be the first visit to Greece by a German minister since Greeks elected the radical left-wing government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
Greece and Germany are currently at an impasse over Tsipras's demands for an end to European-imposed austerity and a renegotiation of Greece's debt burden.
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Juncker lamenta falta de progressos no Eurogrupo sobre Grécia...
ReplyDeleteO presidente da Comissão Europeia, Jean-Claude Juncker, manifestou-se, esta quinta-feira, preocupado com a falta de progresso das negociações com a Grécia, na reunião extraordinária do Eurogrupo, na quarta-feira à noite.
"Estou muito preocupado com a situação, gostaria que tivessem sido dados mais passos ontem à noite", adiantou Juncker, à chegada à reunião informal do Conselho Europeu.
Lembrando que o tema da Grécia vai ser abordado esta quinta-feira na reunião de chefes de Estado e de Governo da UE, o líder do executivo lamentou a falta de resultados da reunião extraordinária dos ministros das Finanças dos 19 países da zona euro.
"Nesta questão não se trata do novo Governo grego, mas sim do povo grego e é isso que temos que ter em conta", salientou.
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