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Merkel's Bavarian allies to support Greek extension

Angela Merkel?s conservative allies in Bavaria agreed to support an extension of the Greek bailout in a parliamentary vote expected on Friday, but kept up their tough rhetoric in insisting on precise details from Athens on planned reforms.

Having it both ways: Greece's doublespeak to Brussels and voters

By Mathilde Richter

Gingerly treading between its anti-austerity promises to voters and its pledges to skeptical international creditors, Greece's new radical government is resorting to doublespeak to keep everyone happy, analysts say.

Keeping party on the same page poses challenge for Greek PM

By Deepa Babington & Angeliki Koutantou

A prominent Greek minister defied his government?s pledge to press on with some state asset sales, revealing the first open dissent within Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras?s coalition and highlighting the tightrope that the leftist premier must walk.

Schaeuble: ‘Not one euro in advance for Greece’

German FinMin Wolfgang Schaeuble on Wednesday warned that “not one cent will be given in advance,” referring to the Greek program, while he underlined that the condition for depositing the pre-arranged funds will be adherence to terms.

 

“There are no new terms in the program. The people were given the wrong idea,” Schaeuble said in an interview with SWR radio station.

Independent Greeks seek parliamentary probe into bailout deal

Independent Greeks, the country's junior coalition partner, will submit a request for a parliamentary probe into the events that forced Greece to sign the first bailout agreement.

The decision was announced by Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos following a meeting of the right-wing anti-bailout party's MPs on Wednesday.

Germany readies reluctant approval of Greek extension

Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble are rallying reluctant German lawmakers to approve an extension of Greece's bailout despite Schaeuble's avowed doubts about the credibility of Athens' latest reform plans.

Varoufakis says Greece faces problem repaying IMF, ECB

Greece has no immediate problem with government liquidity, but faces trouble in making debt payments to the IMF and European Central Bank in the spring and summer, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said on Wednesday.

Europe risks right-wing backlash, Varoufakis tells Charlie Hebdo

Racists and nationalists will be the only ones to benefit if European leaders "shoot down" Greece's new anti-austerity government, Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has told France's Charlie Hebdo newspaper.

German conservative hardliners warn against vote on Greece

A group of hardliners among German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have urged lawmakers to take a tough stance on a loan extension to Greece, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reported on Wednesday.

Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has written to the speaker of the lower house of parliament requesting a vote this week on extending the bailout.

Varoufakis vs. Dijsselbloem: Funny hip-hop battle (see video)

Watch the hip-hop battle between Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem and Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis that appeared on the Dutch satirical program Cojones. The parody features guest appearances by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Greek Communist Party protests against the Eurogroup deal

The Greek Communist Party (KKE) is organizing a gathering at Syntagma Square at 7 p.m. on Friday to protest against the deal reached between the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) leadership with the Eurogroup. Friday's rally would be addressed by the KKE Party Secretary General Dimitris koutsoumbas.

Greek deal with Eurogroup: A mixed bag of reforms

Eurogroup finance ministers approved Greece's reform package on Tuesday, marking the start of discussions as to how to cover the country's funding gap in two stages (a) the end of April, and (b) the end of July. Sources state that it is still unknown as to how Greece will be able to cover its funding needs.

EPP: Europeans are not willing to pay Tsipra’s promises

Although the European People’s Party may have greeted  the deal between the Eurogroup and Greece, however, in a written announcement the EPP president Manfred Mebert stated that the “European taxpayers are not willing to pay Mr. Tsipras pre electoral promises” and stressed that “the Greek reform list announced cannot be yet another list of empty promises”.

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