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ESM Chief Regling Says Greek Primary Surplus Targets Could Be Reduced

Chief of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) Klaus Regling indicated on Friday that the European Institutions might consider reducing Greece's primary surplus targets beginning in 2021. Speaking during a press conference just before the crucial Eurogroup meeting coming up in...

PM Tsipras' Pre-Election Handouts Alarm Greece's Creditors

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is slated to give out one billion euros in various types of handouts as the crucial European and local elections loom ahead, a move which has alarmed the country's creditors. European Stability Mechanism President Klaus...

Greece Will Receive €1 Billion of Profit Returns on Greek Bonds

Greece is expected to receive €1 billion ($1.13 billion) of profit returns on Greek bond holdings in 2019, the Managing Director of the European Stability Mechanism Klaus Regling stated on Monday. While addressing journalists after the conclusion of the Eurogroup meeting,...

Regling: 'Not Enough Fiscal Space To Cancel Greece's Pension Cuts'

Klaus Regling, chief executive officer of the European Financial Stability Facility and Managing Director of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), said in an interview on Tuesday that even though Greece will achieve a high primary surplus for 2018, this...

ESM Chief: Greece Must Consult with Creditors First Before Changes in Policy

"If Greece changes its policy, it must first discuss it with the European institutions. They have not yet relaxed 100 percent," European Stability Mechanism Managing Director Klaus Regling said. The EU official spoke to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf and was...

ESM's Klaus Regling Warns Greece Not to Backslide on Reforms

ESM Managing Director Klaus Regling warned the Greek government not to abandon its commitments in the post-bailout era saying that if Athens reneges, creditors may stop debt relief measures. In an interview with Austrian Die Presse newspaper, Regling stressed that...

First Half of 2015 Cost Greece €86-200 Bln, says ESM Chief Regling

Greece not only interrupted but also reversed reforms in the first half of 2015, resulting in a cost to the economy between € 86 and 200 billion, head of the European Stability Mechanism Κlaus Regling told Kathimerini newspaper. The EU...

Rescue Fund Chief Warns Greece to Stick to Reforms

The Greek government should remain focused on implementing the prescribed reforms to regain investors’ trust and return successfully to the markets, the head of the European Stability Mechanism, Klaus Regling, warned on Tuesday. Speaking at a dinner for the 90th...

Debt Repayment Feasible if Greece 'Implements Reforms'

"If the government in Athens implements all the remaining reforms decisively, Greece can successfully emerge from the ESM program in August 2018," Klaus Regling, president of the European Stability Mechanism, has said. The ESM chief spoke at en event held...

ESM Chief: Greece Will be Supervised After Bailout

Greece will be under creditors' supervision after the end of the bailout program, as is the norm, Chairman of the European Stability Mechanism Klaus Regling said on Tuesday. Speaking on SKAI television, the EU official said: "Greece will be under...