Jeroen Dijsselbloem
Economy
Greek and European Experts to Meet Tomorrow in Brussels
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met in Brussels with Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem on the summit's sidelines and agreed on talks between the technical echelons of the Greek Finance Ministry and the Troika in order to build the...
Economy
Dijsselbloem: Talks Between EU and Greece to Continue
The talks between Greece and its EU partners on the country's fiscal program will continue at the Eurogroup meeting of Monday, February 16, Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said at a press conference early on Thursday morning, adding that there...
Economy
Eurogroup President: Greece and EU Should Stop Threatening
A message to both negotiating sides attempted to send a few hours ahead of today's critical meeting in Brussels the President of the Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem. Addressing both Athens and other European Union member-states, Dijsselbloem highlighted that they "should...
Economy
Athens Left With No Allies
Eighteen of the nineteen Eurozone member states and the European Commission are asking Greece to play by the European rules and request a bailout program extension, thus providing enough time to discuss the future of the country's relationship with...
Economy
Dijsselbloem: Euro Area Will Not Approve Greek Request for Bridging Program
Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem has ruled out a "bridging program" requested by Greece until it can negotiate a new agreement for the country's debts, Bloomberg reported on Friday.
“We don’t do bridging loans,” Dijsselbloem told reporters in The Hague, when...
Economy
Emergency Eurogroup to be Held Next Wednesday to Discuss Greece
An emergency meeting of the Eurozone member-states’ Finance Ministers is possible to be held next Wednesday, February 11, in Brussels in order to discuss the developments regarding the Greek program. The Eurogroup meeting, to be held on the eve...
Economy
What Happens After the Proud Greek 'No?'
One week after the election and Greece is still reveling in the people's victory, the liberation from the occupying forces of evil Europe, wallowing in the wild joy of the proud "no" the new leftist government said to the...
Economy
Mikis Theodorakis: Varoufakis-Dijsselbloem, a Moment of National Pride
Internationally acclaimed Greek composer, Mikis Theodorakis, with a text he uploaded on his personal website, gives his opinion on the latest political developments in Greece, in which the epicenter is the meeting between the Greek Finance Minister, Giannis Varoufakis,...
Greece
Greek PM Tsipras Hits the Road Declaring 'We Won't Take a Step Back'
After the barrage of first meetings with European partners' representatives this week, the Greek government is now preparing for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ upcoming visits to Paris and Brussels that will take place next week.
In order to evaluate these first...
Economy
EU Commissioner Moscovici: Eurozone Needs Greece and Greece Needs Eurozone
European Union Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Pierre Moscovici, talking with BBC’s "Hardtalk," expressed the Eurozone’s determination to “do everything” to prevent a Grexit. As he said, Greece belongs in the Eurozone and the single...