Meeting in Brussels on Monday 22 May in Eurogroup format, the finance ministers of the Eurozone and the head of the Europe department of the International Monetary Fund, Poul Thomsen, failed to agree on measures to relieve the Greek debt, thereby blocking any finalisation process for the second monitoring mission. Discussions have been shelved until the Eurogroup of 15 June.
Debt relief as stumbling block
The main sticking point in finalising the mission still relates to the matter of Greek...