George Chouliarakis
Cash reserve allowed for economic recovery
Giorgos Houliarakis was perhaps the most popular member of the SYRIZA government among his European Union peers. He was one of the very few people who focused on the real numbers of the economy and realistic data.
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Main opposition's tax cut plans are too costly, minister says before vote
Plans from Greece's opposition for tax cuts could derail the country's fiscal strategy, its deputy finance minister said on Friday, two days before an election that polls show the opposition is likely to win.
Why Tsakalotos opted to skip the Eurogroup
Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos chose to skip last week's Eurogroup meeting in Brussels, where serious criticism was expressed against Greek government decisions. The minister's explanation for staying in Athens was that Greece would not be on the agenda of the eurozone finance ministers' talks, which he knew was not the case.
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EU concerned about PM handouts as FinMin plans more
Handouts announced by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ahead of municipal and European Parliament elections next week appear to have raised concerns among European Union governments over whether Greece will be able to honor its pledges to creditors even as Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos indicated that more relief measures are in the works.
EU official voices concern over Greek PM handouts
"Relief measures" announced by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ahead of municipal and European Parliament elections appear to have raised concerns among EU governments over the country's efforts to meet its pledges to lenders.
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Tsipras planning handouts ahead of May elections
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is planning a new package of handouts ready ahead of European Parliament and regional elections in May while his leftist SYRIZA and other parties are vying for the support of some 428,000 new voters who will be going to ballot boxes for the first time.
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Gov't tells NY forum reforms will continue
Leading Greek officials confirmed at the 20th annual Capital Link Forum in New York on Monday that Greece is well on its way to recovery and vowed that the country will stick to its reform pledges and become a preferred investment destination.
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Greek 2019 budget does not include further pension cuts
Greece's 2019 budget submitted to Parliament on Wednesday does not include the implementation of legislated pension cuts planned for next year, Deputy Finance Minister George Chouliarakis told lawmakers.
Decision on pension cuts expected in November
A decision on whether or not Greece will be obliged to implement fresh pension cuts in January will not be taken until a summit of eurozone finance ministers in November, it emerged yesterday as representatives of Greece's creditors met with government officials in Athens.
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Dijsselbloem: Varoufakis was 'catastrophic' for Greece
Yanis Varoufakis' handling of the Greek crisis was "catastrophic" and the former finance minister constantly tried to undermine direct negotiations with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to find a solution, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, former president of the Eurogroup, has said.