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EU Commission stopped funds for Greece’s ERASMUS program?

June 24, 2015 Economy Comments Off on EU Commission stopped funds for Greece’s ERASMUS program?

That’s an interesting development in the context of the negotiations between Greece and its creditors, one of them being the European Commission. While there are several hints* that the EC is deliberately cutting the flow of structural funds to Greece. The news comes from Italy and thus from the official …

Propaganda machinery to undermine Greece’s talks runs in full speed

June 22, 2015 Economy 74

Yup. The day is crucial for Greece. Maybe the “most crucial” for the last five years with the sword of “default to the IMF” swinging over our heads. Today, Monday, important meetings are taking place in Brussels, with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to meet the heads of the “Institutions” European …

The load of Debt relief: ESM claims Greece already received debt relief from eurozone creditors

June 18, 2015 Economy 11

I am at the end of my understanding of the world and creditors’ games. The one moment the European Commission whispers to media ears, that it prepares a debt relief for Greece’ debt, the next moment, a financing mechanism from the same Europe, claims the opposite. “Greece has already received …

Stick & Carrot: EC & ECB work on draft for Greece’s debt relief, but “agreement, first”

June 18, 2015 Economy 6

The European Commission and the European Central Bank are reportedly working on a draft for a Greek debt relief, in an effort to break the impasse of bailout talks. According to an exclusive story of daily Kathimerini,the draft will be in form of a statement and thus only in case …

Breakdown in talks, as Greece walks out in Brussels. Now what?

June 14, 2015 Economy 17

The Greek delegation walked out the negotiations with creditors representatives in Brussels on Sunday afternoon. During the meeting that lasted 46 minutes, the Greek side submitted revised proposals but they were considered as “insufficient” by the creditors. A difference gap of 2.6 billion euro remain between the two sides. According …

Poison Alert! FinMin Schaeuble criticizes the European Commission on Greece & sees Greek Default

May 20, 2015 Economy 19

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble could not tame himself and poured the usual poison against Greece. And not only! He rebuffed the European Commission for its efforts to a way out of the impasse in the bailout talks. In an interview to The Wall Street Journal and French daily Les …

FT: the secret “Plan Z” for Greece’s euro exit

May 15, 2014 Economy Comments Off on FT: the secret “Plan Z” for Greece’s euro exit

Poul Thomsen from International Monetary Fund, Jorg Asmussen from the European Central Bank, Marco Buti and Thomas Wieser: all four were working “clandestinely” for months preparing for a collapse of Greece’s banks. Their secret blueprint, known as “Plan Z”, was a detailed script of how to reconstruct Greece’s economic and …

Van Rompuy Opposes Direct Election of EU Top Leaders

November 30, 2012 Very Mix 1

Directly electing the European Commission President at the 2014 EU elections would amount to “organise the disappointment in advance”, said European Council President Herman Van Rompuy. Directly electing his own successor would be “even more absurd”, he added in comments that are likely to irritate proponents of increased democracy in …

Barroso-Papademos Hand-in-Hand Against Tsipras?

May 30, 2012 Economy, Politics 5

Why did Jose Manuel Barroso threaten Greece with euro exit right after May 6 elections? Reuters claims that the president of the European Commission made this statement after caretaker prime minister Lucas Papademos asked him to do so – in an effort to build a dam against Alexis Tsipras. According …

Samaras Sends Letter with Signature to Greece’s Lenders

November 23, 2011 Economy Comments Off on Samaras Sends Letter with Signature to Greece’s Lenders

Greek provisional coalition government partner, Antonis Samaras, the leader of conservative New Democracy, had to bow to the blackmailing of Eurogroup Juncker and Germany’s Merkel “Sign or No 6th aid tranche”. Samaras had to sit down and write a letter of commitment to the October 26th loan agreement. At the end of …

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