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Thomas Wieser

European Commission President: Meeting Tsipras Now a Waste of Time

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker reportedly said that meeting Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Brussels on Wednesday over the debt issue would be a waste of time. The Greek PM is meeting on Wednesday evening with German Chancellor Angela...

EWG's Wieser: No Greek Deal by Next Week, But it Will be Achieved

Greece and its European creditors will not reach a comprehensive agreement by next week, as it was expected, the chairman of the Eurogroup Working Group (EWG), Thomas Wieser, told US TV channel CNBC on Tuesday, but expressed confidence that...

European Officials Have Limited Expectations on Greek Issue Ahead of Eurogroup

The German Finance Ministry is rather skeptical ahead of Friday's Eurogroup in Riga, Latvia, where Greece's proposed reforms list will be examined. According to Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble's spokesperson Martin Jaeger, Berlin has limited expectations from the Riga meeting regarding Greece's...

Double Hit for Greece

The man who knows the Eurozone’s economic situation better than anyone, Thomas Wieser -- the Austrian Euro Working Group chairman -- has repeatedly stood by Athens helping to reach compromise solutions during difficult times. Thomas Wieser noted that the public...

EC Officials Leave Greece Frustrated After Meeting with FinMin and Deputy PM

President of the Euro Working Group Thomas Wieser and EC financial representative Declan Costello left Athens empty-handed after meeting with Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis. According to a Proto Thema report, the two men...

Greece Prepares for Tough Negotiations with Troika

In his meeting with the head of the Euro Working Group (EWG) Thomas Wieser, Prime Minister of Greece Antonis Samaras, while discussing the time limit during which important decisions will be taken concerning the budget gap of the Greek program and the...

Greece Will Tell Troika: No Public Firings

Inspectors from Greece's international lenders who returned to Athens on March 3 to assess progress on reforms to meet fiscal targets are going to be told that the government will not begin firing of public workers as ordered because...