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Eurogroup Head expects agreement on Greek bailout by end May
MEPs from across the political spectrum urged Greece’s creditors on Thursday to swiftly conclude negotiations over the Greek bailout package, highlighting the pain that Greeks have endured.
The calls came during a debate on the second review of the Greek programme kicked off by President of the Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who said he hoped the current review would be concluded before the end of May.
But before giving details of the status of negotiations of the Greek programme, Mr Dijsselbloem expressed regret for comments made to a German newspaper which were interpreted as a reference to southern European fiscal laxity. “It was never my intention to cause offence,” he said.
The minister’s apology was met with a mixed reaction.
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Jeroen Dijsselbloem, President of the Eurogroup
Pierre Moscovici, for the Commission
Françoise Grossetête, (EPP, FR)
Roberto Gualtieri (S&D, IT)
Notis Marias (ECR, EL)
Nils Torvalds (ALDE, FI)
Dimitrios Papadimoulis (GUE/NGL, EL)
Ska Keller (Verts/ALE, DE)
Marco Valli (EFDD, IT)
Marco Zanni (ENF, IT)
Jeroen Dijsselbloem, conclusions
Pierre Moscovici, conclusions
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