Not exact matches
The Taoiseach said the
Minister for
Finance «has been consistently very clear
on his support» for agreement and that nobody wanted Greece to leave the
eurozone.
Based
on months of negotiation, my conviction is that the German
finance minister wants Greece to be pushed out of the single currency to put the fear of God into the French and have them accept his model of a disciplinarian
eurozone.
Varoufakis, the academic - turned - politician who has riled his
eurozone counterparts, said he would not remain
finance minister on Monday if Greece voted yes.
The FDP would likely be reluctant to sign up to a
eurozone finance minister and would want a stronger focus
on enforcing fiscal rules limiting budget deficits.
On Monday,
finance ministers in the
Eurozone also talked about the possibility of giving Greece a further two years to fix the economy.
France's Socialist
Finance Minister has warned Greece that if Greece's government goes back
on its agreements to its European lenders, then Greece is looking at expulsion from the
Eurozone.
Eurozone finance ministers are meeting
on Friday to decide whether to finally approve the agreement.
Greece's leftist - led coalition will turn to the lightning rod issue of debt relief
on Monday at a crucial meeting of
eurozone finance ministers following the late - night approval in Athens of laws overhauling the country's tax and pension system.
Crucial meeting of
eurozone finance ministers will be held
on Monday amid backdrop of violence in Athens over cuts worth $ 5.4 bn
Speaking in the Commons today, Mr Osborne played down the contradiction, saying: «When
eurozone central bank governors and
finance ministers openly speculate
on the possibility of Greek exit, then the genie is out of the bottle.»
Officials said that
eurozone finance ministers could stage another emergency session
on Sunday either in Brussels or by teleconference.
Greek
Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos attends a session of Parliament in Athens
on Wednesday as lawmakers prepared to vote
on reforms demanded by
eurozone creditors in exchange for a new bailout.