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PM Samaras: Juncker's Investment Package Marks EU Turning to Growth

The EU Summit was particularly important for the European Union’s orientation to a growth direction, according to Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. The Premier agreed on speeding up the process for making use of EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker's 315-billion-euro...

PM Samaras: All are Interested in Greece's Developments

The EU summit during which was discussed EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker's 315 billion euro investment plan, was particularly important for Greece, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said. Juncker's package is ambitious and immediately feasible and we all welcomed it...

Greek PM Samaras in Brussels for EU Summit

In Brussels on the occasion of the European Union summit will be today and tomorrow the Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, in the aftermath of the first, unsuccessful, ballot for the election of the new President of the Hellenic...

EU Commission President: By 'Extreme Forces' I was Referring to the Extreme Right

"I do not speak Greek therefore I do not know what the Greek newspapers wrote. I cannot understand why the Greek left defends the extreme right." With these words the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker closed his...

EU Commissioner Moscovici: Greece Needs the Euro and the Euro Needs Greece [Video]

A clear message regarding the preferences of the European Commission on political forces pursuing reforms and Greece remaining in the Eurozone, expressed in a press conference the European Union Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, Pierre Moscovici, in the...

Keep Lending Us Money, But Don't Tell Us What to Do

After the announcement of the presidential election by the Greek coalition and the political upheaval that followed, some European Union officials expressed opinions that were characterized by many as indirect or direct intervention in Greek politics. First, EU Commission President...

Greek Main Opposition SYRIZA Disappointed by European Commission President Statements

The intense reaction of Greek main opposition SYRIZA caused the statements of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, who appeared to support the country's current government in the possibility of snap elections triggered after an unsuccessful vote for the new President of...

EU Commission President: Greece Should Avoid 'Wrong Outcome' in Elections

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker made the controversial statement on Thursday that Greece should avoid electing "extremist forces" into power, according to EUobserver. Juncker was participating in a debate with EUobserver and other Brussels-based journalists for Austrian public television. Commenting...

European Commission Officially Backs Govt Candidate in Greek Presidential Election

In an unprecedented move, the European Commission on Wednesday decided to formally back a political candidate running for President in Greece, and applauded the government for calling for snap presidential election. Yesterday, the Greek government and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras moved the...

EU Commission President Juncker: We Didn't Accept Greece in the Eurozone Prematurely

The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, surprised the audience during a recent presentation of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl's new book, entitled "Aus Sorge Um Europa," in Frankfurt, when he defended Greece's accession to the Eurozone back...