Eurogroup Statement on Greece, Full Text and Reactions

From Reuters The text

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"We deem essential a further strengthening of Greece's institutional capacity. We therefore invite the Commission to significantly strengthen its Task Force for Greece, in particular through an enhanced and permanent presence on the ground in Greece, in order to bolster its capacity to provide and coordinate technical assistance.

Euro area Member States stand ready to provide experts to be integrated into the Task Force. The Eurogroup also welcomes the stronger on site-monitoring capacity by the Commission to work in close and continuous cooperation with the Greek government in order to assist the Troika in assessing the conformity of measures that will be taken by the Greek government, thereby ensuring the timely and full implementation of the programme."


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The most sensible, objective and responsible assessment of the situation in Greece (to my mind) came from Elena Panaritis, on the BBC Radio 4 PM programme at around 5.15-5.25 pm , today, 21st February.

See also her entry on Wikipedia

We need to hear more from people like her.