Tag Archives: Jean Claude Juncker

Amazing! European Commission President Jean-Claud Juncker sat down and wrote several pages of a proposal to “help” Greece strike a deal with its creditors, unlock the impasse. allow the release of some bailout money to avoid default on June 5th 2015 and give time for a new deal in autumn. …

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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and EU Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici signaled that they want to scrap the Troika, the representatives of International Monetary Fund, The European Union and the European Central Bank, dealing with the Greek bailout programs, the austerity time table and the so-called …

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To tell you the truth right away… I am not surprised! After five years of loan agreement with the Troika, strict austerity in the name of bailout programs and several elections, I can only stress: We, Greeks, have been there and seen that! That is that some European lender tries …

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I am deeply touched – once again. Inspiring speeches and admitting mistakes always touch me deep inside. After International Monetary Fund accepted its calculation mistakes in the Greek austerity program, former head of Eurogroup Jean Claude Juncker admitted another grave mistake: the mistake of Eurogroup. “It was our mistakes to …

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Is this some kind of avantgarde humor from Luxembourg? The country’s prime minister and head of the Euro group, Jean Claude Juncker told German public broadcaster WDR, that “some Greek newspapers treat German chancellor Angela Merkel as if she were the successor of the Nazis. Juncker was speaking about Greece when he …

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 Chief of euro group Jean-Claude Juncker warned that the euro zone would break apart and urged the EZ and EU leaders to save the currency union saying ‘there was no time to lose. Speaking to German Sueddeutsche Zeitung,  Juncker also criticized German officials for their statements about a Greek euro exit. In …

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I wouldn’t have thought that Eurogroup chef Jean-Claude Juncker would keep me busy with a second post today. However as he supports the idea of putting a European commissioner in charge of developing Greece’s economic structure, he deserves a few more sentences in my blog. Speaking to Die Welt German daily …

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It looks as if Greece’s lenders are more than alarmed about the free will of Greece’s voters. A free will that could be given expression in the next parliamentary elections that will take place most likley in late spring. Eurogroup head and Prime Minister of Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker directly intervened …

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While dramatic negotiations are taking place between the Greek government and the Troika in Athens, Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the Eurogroup, used a German magazine to put more pressure on Greece. In an interview to Der Spiegel, Juncker warned there there will be a default on march, shouldn’t the …

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“From the first time I saw him I knew we would be together” said reportedly Charlene short before her marriage to the ruler of Monaco Albert II. Hours later and after the wedding she busted into tears. Was just  an emotional outburst that can happen to every bride around the world? …

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Euro-Indians Chief*, Jean Claude Juncker spitted out a raw blackmail towards the  Greek politicians and  intervened once again in the internal democratic procedures of a sovereign country. he even implied a “contagion” – as interpreted by the international media -, in case Greeks won’t adopt the Mid-Term Austerity Programme. Video J-C Juncker “If not.., …

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Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker announced an extraordinary Eurogroup meeting on Greece on July 3rd, 2011. Speaking to journalists after conclusion of the works of Euro zone finance Ministers in Luxembourg, Juncker expressed the hope that “until that date the Greek Parliament will have adopt the Mid-Term Austerity Package.” He stressed that …

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Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the Eurogroupsaid late on Monday that people from Greece have been sending him letters containing threats to his life, Greek media reported. Eurogroup is the meeting of the finance ministers of the euro zone member states. According to Kathimerini,, Juncker gave this answer to a question …

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It looks as if Greece can not quite convince its lenders that the debt-driven country is adamant on proceed to control spending. Eurogrou-Chief Jean Claude Juncker warned Athens of the importance of spending control and said that “We reminded the Greek authorities that it is important to stick to the targets for …

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