Greece ‘ahead of the curve’ on fiscal targets

Report of a FT interview with George Papaconstantinou, Finance Minister of Greece, July 2010. The interview took place as a 30-member mission from the so-called troika – the EU, IMF and European Central Bank – arrived in Athens to assess reforms launched in return for a €110bn loan package, which rescued Greece from a sovereign default.

He said that Greece is determined to show it can outperform tough fiscal targets set by the EU and IMF earlier in the year. But the government still faces strong resistance to structural reforms.

ESO: Background information: The Greek debt crisis of 2010 http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-greek-debt-crisis-key-sources/

Kathimerini, 27.7.10: There is only one way to go http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_columns_100017_27/07/2010_118629

IMF: Greece and IMF http://www.imf.org/external/country/GRC/index.htm

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