ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) greece

If no agreement can be reached with troika, programme extension would have to be considered

Brussels, 03/12/2014 (Agence Europe) - In an “ideal world”, the “troika” (Commission, ECB, IMF) would reach an agreement with Greece to conclude the monitoring mission ahead of the Eurogroup meeting of Monday 8 December, but this is “not my expectation”, a senior EU official stated on 3 December.

These declarations follow an appeal by the President of the Eurogroup in the newspaper Ta Nea. Jeroen Dijsselbloem called on the parties to agree before Monday, otherwise “we won't be...