Greek crisis: Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras agrees with Angela Merkel he’ll present new proposals tomorrow July 6, 2015 Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has agreed with German Chancellor Angela Merkel that he will present new proposals for a deal at a summit of Eurozone finance ministers tomorrow, reports have suggested. Read more: Has the Greek crisis irrevocably tarnished the euro? Reuters reported that the pair had reached the decision during a phonecall today. However, [...]
Greek PM still in talks with Merkel over a debt deal April 27, 2015 GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed in a phone conversation yesterday to maintain contact during talks between Athens and its lenders to reach a debt deal, a Greek government official said. “During their communication, they expressed their common will for a steady communication throughout the course of negotiations in order [...]
Angela Merkel and Alexis Tsipras talks light on substance – but at least they’re smiling again March 23, 2015 German Chancellor Angela Merkel struck a conciliatory tone with her Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras during talks last night as the two sought to repair the countries’ torn political relations. However, no substantial policy agreements were made with Greece still facing the prospect of running out of cash if it is unable to propose a suitable [...]
Tsipras and Merkel sound conciliatory tone after Berlin meeting March 23, 2015 Greece took its negations for EU cash all the way to Berlin today, where Prime Minsiter Alexis Tsipras met the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel. The meeting appeared to go well, with both sides appearing keen to find common ground and there did seem to be genuine warmth between the two leaders. Looks like it was [...]
Greek crisis: European markets dip ahead of meeting between Alexis Tsipras and Angela Merkel March 23, 2015 Germany's Dax lead European markets down, falling 0.93 per cent as Chancellor Angela Merkel prepared to thrash out a deal with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras this afternoon. France's Cac 40 fell 0.56 per cent, while the FTSE 100 – which on Friday hit 7,000 points for the first time – fell back 0.27 per [...]
Tensions high as Greek PM flies to Germany for talks with Merkel March 23, 2015 GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will make his first official visit to Germany today to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel amid mounting tension between the two countries over Germany’s hardline stance to Greece’s debt crisis. At last week’s EU summit, Greece promised to meet creditors’ demands to present an economic reform package to unlock the cash [...]
Merkel to meet Greek leader as tensions simmer March 16, 2015 GERMAN chancellor Angela Merkel will welcome the Greek Prime Minister to Berlin on Monday in a bid to further talks amid growing antagonism between the two countries. Greece successfully repaid €580m (£413m) it owed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday, but needs to pay another €350m to the IMF on Friday. Figures released yesterday [...]
Yanis Varoufakis demolishes Jeroen Dijsselbloem and Angela Merkel in this awesome rap battle February 24, 2015 Is it just us or has much of the western world has been developing a crush on rock-star economist-turned-Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis? When he's not wrangling with Germany over his country's debt crisis, he's out watching cool plays or throwing in casual references to literary giants. https://twitter.com/yanisvaroufakis/status/568563479076081664 He's been brought in on [...]
Merkel refuses to budge on Greek debt repayments: “Europe’s credibility depends on us sticking to the rules” February 13, 2015 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has taken a hard line with Greece: the country's options are limited to completing all the requirements of the €172bn (£127.5bn) bailout or asking for an extension, she said last night. Ostensibly at least, there is no wiggle room for Athens, and no room for its preferred option of a revised [...]
Angela Merkel and Syriza are about to open Pandora’s box: Watch out, Eurozone January 11, 2015 It is not often that I feel sorry for German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Having lived in her country since 2006, for me she is the most overrated of modern politicians, having accomplished almost nothing in terms of substantive policy achievements, while somehow being lionised for her lack of ambition. She is the archetype of this [...]