On Thursday 15 December, the European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, Pierre Moscovici, criticised the decision of the Eurozone countries to temporarily suspend a Greek debt relief measure until it has assessed the impact of the social measures recently announced by the Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, on Greece's budgetary trajectory.
"It cannot be claimed that this decision was made on the basis of a Commission assessment, as this assessment is not yet completed....