Greece

Jean Claude-Junker heaped praise on his own department in an interview where he said Grexit was on the cards in 2015. The President of the Commission revealed Germany was gunning for the Greeks to be expelled over the Eurozone crisis...

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker will visit Athens on June 21. Juncker will meet with Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, European Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva said in a press briefing on Friday. More details on Juncker's visit...

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council president Donald Tusk on Thursday expressed their pleasure on the Eurogroup's agreement for Greece during a joint press conference before the start of the GF Summit at Ise-Shima, Japan. "We are pleased...

Schulz expressed optimism about the outcome of the two-day EU summit under way in Brussels. Speaking to the press prior to the start of the summit, Mr. Juncker said the EU-Turkey tentative agreement is in conformity with European and international...

Jean-Claude Juncker, the new President of the European Commission, will visit Greece on Friday, October 3, the office of the Greek Prime Minister announced Tuesday. Juncker will have a working lunch with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. The visit follows...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras met on Saturday in Brussels with the new president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker on the sidelines of the European Peoples' Party (EPP) Summit. According to government sources, Samaras and Juncker exchanged views on...

Eurogroup chief Jean-Claude Juncker lent support to a Franco-German proposal to set aside bailout funds for Greece in a special account to cover interest payments on its massive debt. The Luxembourg prime minister told Berlin's RBB Inforadio that the idea,...

Eurogroup chief Jean-Claude Juncker just gave an interview to German magazine Focus, in which he said, via Reuters: "The sovereignty of Greece will be massively limited." He also likened the coming wave of Greek privatizations to that of East Germany,...

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said that Greece has "basically achieved" the objectives of the reforms required by its eurozone partners and international creditors. During an interview published in the German newspaper Funke Mediengruppe on Sunday, he said the...

"A Greek exit from the eurozone is definitely off the table after the agreement reached between Athens and Europeans," the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said in statements to Austria's radio ORF. "I expect that if the Greeks deliver what...

Honesty is necessary in a negotiation as an indication of good will and credibility, Greek government spokesman Gavriil Sakellaridis said in response to a press conference given by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Monday concerning Greece and the...

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Wednesday that there could be a more flexible approach to Greece ΄s debt crisis but recent elections have not changed the fundamental situation. "Elections do not change treaties," Juncker said in an interview with...

Finance ministers of the euro zone made a show of closing ranks around Greece Monday, with Eurogroup chairman Jean-Claude Juncker saying that no-one had argued for it to leave Europe΄s currency union at their monthly meeting, Dow Jones reported. "The...

Eurozone finance ministers warned Greece on Thursday that they are not yet ready to unlock a new debt bailout despite an agreement between Greek political leaders on new austerity cuts. Luxembourg prime minister, Jean-Claude Juncker, arriving to chair Brussels talks...

There can be no flexibility for Greece on its budget deficit targets if the country hopes to receive the next tranche of its bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, the head of Eurogroup Jean-Claude Juncker...