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10
May
The Eurogroup welcomes the completion of a policy package, which should pave the way for a successful completion of the first review of the ESM programme, upon the adoption of the agreed prior actions.
Greece will implement as part of the prior actions for the first review:
a first package of fiscal parametric measures amounting up to 3% of GDP by 2018; this package includes a pension reform, a reform of the personal income tax and additional fiscal parametric measures, such...
09
May
The European Investment Fund (EIF) and ProCredit group have signed a guarantee agreement to increase lending to innovative small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and small mid-caps in Greece.
This transaction benefits from the support of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the heart of the Investment Plan for Europe.
Under the new agreement ProCredit group will provide EUR 20 million of loans to innovative companies in Greece over the next two years. The loans will be supported by an EIF...
09
May
09
May
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I would like to thank the organisers for inviting me to participate in this event.
In my remarks today, I intend to outline my assessment for the euro area outlook against the backdrop of developments in the rest of the global economy. In doing so, I will discuss the prospects of the euro area’s recovery as well as some of the policy initiatives which are required to make it more lasting and vigorous.
The main point that I want...
09
May
The vital role of citizens and the importance of engaging them in building a better Europe is the key message from Europe's local leaders on the occasion of Europe Day on 9 May. Markku Markkula, President of the European Committee of the Regions, stressed that the European project has brought and is bringing also in the future so much good for the citizens that it must be defended even during turbulent times when it could be easy to succumb...
09
May
The European Investment Fund (EIF) and ProCredit group have signed a guarantee agreement to increase lending to innovative small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and small mid-caps in Greece.
This transaction benefits from the support of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the heart of the Investment Plan for Europe.
Under the new agreement ProCredit group will provide EUR 20 million of loans to innovative companies in Greece over the next two years. The loans will be supported by an EIF...
06
May
Dear friends,
I was a member of the Council of Ministers for 30 years. I was Prime Minister of my country for 19 years and so I can say, without being arrogant, that I have experienced European daily life in different functions. Why is it so difficult now?
It was never easy. But what has changed is the general atmosphere and the personal beliefs and convictions of those being in charge of the European projects.
In former times, we were working together,...
05
May
The below graphic outlines the status of the various areas of negotiation being addressed by TTIP.
Among them: Agriculture, Anti-Corruption, Competition, Cross border Trade Services, Customs, Trade Facilitation, eCommerce, Energy & Raw Materials, Investment Protection, IP, Legal & Institutional, Procurement, Market Access for Industrial Goods, Regulatory Coherence & Cooperation, Rules of Origin, SME's, State Owned Enterprises, Sanitary & Phytosanitary Measures, State-to-state dispute Settlements, Subsidies, Sustainable Development, Technical Trade Barriers, Textiles & Apparel, Trade Remedies...
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