Jeroen Dijsselbloem

Dijsselbloem wants review progress

Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem warned on Thursday that more needs to be done to wrap up the third bailout review by the end of the year. Addressing the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the Dutch official expressed optimism however that the deadline will be met.

Eurozone ready to do more to ease debt burden

Greece's bailout program is back on track and fellow eurozone members stand ready, if necessary, to do more to manage its debt burden if Athens does its part, Eurogroup Chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Monday.

"We have managed to help the debt burden, a lot has been done there. We stand ready, if they do their part, to do more if necessary," the Dutch official said.

Dijsselbloem to leave Dutch politics

Caretaker Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem will leave national politics when a new government takes office in approximately two weeks, a Dutch newspaper reported on Wednesday.

De Volkskrant newpaper, with historic ties to Dijsselbloem's Labor party, said it had viewed a letter the politician sent to the chairwoman of Dutch parliament.

European reality

Opposition New Democracy appears troubled by Kathimerini's interview on Sunday with Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem after the head of the eurozone's finance ministers commended the work being done by the leftist-led government of Alexis Tsipras and advised that Greece should hold off elections until the current administration's term ends in 2019, rather than have them right now, as the cons

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