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Archive - Feb 2015

February 22nd

Alexis Tsipras: We won the battle but not the war

22 February 2015 / 18:02:40  
According to the prime minister, the agreement practically terminated the commitments of the previous government. New Democracy called the result of negotiations a "retreat on all fronts and abandonment of all election promises by Tsipras' government"


Disturbances in SYRIZA after the agreement

21 February 2015 / 22:02:14  
Party activists have argued that the agreement constituted a backtracking on election promises, and that a referendum or even new elections was in order


February 21st

The 18 finance ministers of the Eurozone – the big winners from the memorandum extension

21 February 2015 / 18:02:24  
According to the US Bloomberg, Greece has seemingly earned very little at the Eurogroup meeting, but it might just as well be sufficient for the time being


A 4-month extension of the Memorandum without funding

21 February 2015 / 18:02:13  
Greece remains in the Eurozone, committed to repay its debts to creditors. The government must submit a package of measures by Monday; the remainder of the last tranche amounting to €7.2 billion will be extended following an evaluation of the package.


February 20th

Memorandum for Greece is like transition from communism to a market economy

20 February 2015 / 21:02:05  
In these countries, society was totally estranged from the system, it longed for a radical change in it, whereas in Greece the majority of society lived well in it and it has no interest in reforming it, as stated by a leading Greek economist.


Which way is the wind of "Syrizomanias" blowing?

20 February 2015 / 20:02:04  
An open letter to the Greek people from Guy Verhofstadt, former Belgian Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal group in the European Parliament.


live Dijsselbloem: We have reason for optimism, but we are still far from an agreement

20 February 2015 / 18:02:43  
For his part, Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said, "I hope we will come to an agreement. I am sure we will have a collegial conversation today and hope that white smoke will come out in the end."