Extraordinary Eurogroup meeting on Greece on Feb. 11

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Series Details 06.02.15
Publication Date 06/02/2015
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Preview and reports of an extraordinary meeting of Eurozone Finance Ministers within the Eurogroup on the 11 February 2015 to discuss the Greek debt crisis.

The challenge of agreeing a way forward with the new government of Greece was highlighted by a difficult meeting between the Finance Ministers of Greece and Germany, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Schäuble, on the 5 February 2015. While Germany pledged to help Greece out of its financial problems, the two ministers agreed to disagree on the detail of a way forward.

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