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Eurointelligence Daily Briefing: High noon, postponed
Talks to finalise the terms of the next Greek austerity programme have been postponed until today; Kathimerini has the outlines of a deal of €2.5bn: €1.1bn in health care cuts and further cuts in public investments; €850m are still to be agreed; minimum wage is cut by 20-20%, and labour regulation is relaxed; 15,000 administrative workers will lose their jobs;as part of a plan to reduce state employment by 150,000; Germany and France also propose the creation of an escrow account, earmarked for bond repayments, so that they can withhold future funds from Greece without triggering a default; Paul Krugman says the required Greek adjustment is too extreme, and cannot conceivably work; Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy criticise Francois Hollande's threat not to respect the fiscal treaty; Arnaud Leparmentier says Sarkozy wrongly pretends that he is leading Europe, while Merkel wrongly pretends the opposite; Bild explains to its readers why Sarkozy admires Merkel so much; Germany's SPD decided to campaign in favour of Hollande;the French current account deficit reaches 3.6% in 2011; the SPD is going to run the 2013 election campaign with an anti-finance agenda; Jean Pisani-Ferry says eurozone fiscal strategy might work, but requires a measured implementation of fiscal targets, and significant monetary policy support; Joseph Stiglitz accuses the ECB of pandering towards vested interests.


tens of millions of people stand to see their lives ruined because the bureaucrats at the ECB don't understand introductory economics -- Dean Baker
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Feb 7th, 2012 at 04:30:46 AM EST
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