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we've seen something quite unusual here of form when european finance ministers the euro group finance ministers are talking about greece there was a lot of you know man unanimity usually there was a lot of fighting and struggling but now they really say we're sort of ninety percent of the way now we want to see this through basically we could say that the euro group finance was one the greek problem off the table for more than eight years they've seen crises and dramas and shouting behind closed doors and now all this is supposed to end on august twentieth and they want to smooth the way so they really seem to be of one mind to say oh we want to sort of make them go out we want to make them leave in an orderly manner they will be free however of course there will be conditions for the time afterwards greece had seen an astonishing economic recoveries throughout the last two years there is some grows that there is also a budget surplus now the conditions are good greece is supposed to stay on the route reform pass they need to be there needs to be further or continued austerity in a ce

we've seen something quite unusual here of when european finance ministers a euro group finance ministers are talking about greece there was a lot of you demand unanimity usually there was a lot of fighting and struggling but now they really say we're sort of ninety percent of the way now we want to see this through basically we could say that the euro group finance was one the greek problem off the table for more than eight years they've seen crises and dramas and shouting behind closed doors and now all this is supposed to end on august twenty years and they want to smooth the way so they really seem to be of one mind to say we want to sort of make them go out we want to make them leave in an orderly manner they will be free however of course there will be conditions for the time afterwards greece has seen an astonishing you cannot make recoveries throughout the last two years there is some gross that there is also a budget surplus now the conditions are good greece is supposed to stay on the roof reform pass they need to be there needs to be further or continued austerity in a certain

this seems to be really large a consensus emerging finance ministers of the euro group want the greek crisis after eight years of drama and absent downs they want it off the table and the word here is we want to create a success story in greece it's prepared probably significant that the new euro group president is the finance minister from portugal he has done it his country has gone the same way and he now wants to sort of recreate the same palace in greece and so ministers seem to be quite adamant in saying and now we have the package on the table and this whole thing is just going to run down the review will be finished the last review will be finished in june and we will talk about an exit payment for greece so there you have a national buffer and then we are ready to go and august twenty years greece will be free to fly they will go back to the financial markets and they will be their own country again of course with certain strings attached that's the general aim here and the foreign minister and the finance ministers here they simply don't want to talk about crisis in greece a

from when european finance ministers a euro group finance ministers are talking about greece there was a lot of you know men unanimity usually there was a lot of fighting and struggling but now they really say we're sort of ninety percent of the way now we want to see this through basically we could say that the euro group finance has won the greek problem off the table for more than eight years they've seen crises and dramas and shouting behind closed doors and now all this is supposed to end on august twenty years and they want to smooth the way so they really seem to be of one mind to say we want to sort of make them go out we want to make them leave in an orderly manner they will be free however of course there will be conditions for the time afterwards greece has seen an astonishing it konami recoveries throughout the last two years there is some grows that there's also a budget surplus now the conditions are good greece is supposed to stay on the route reform process they need to be there needs to be further or continued austerity in a certain way however we will help them there

going to deal with this will they go with the flow will they go with the majority among the euro group finance minister or will they sort of reopen the box and start having a nicholson or use and sort of stop proceedings so that is not clear quite clear of course trade is on the agenda on the sidelines the french finance minister bruno came in here and was very clear in repeating what he has said before we will not be blackmailed by the united states and we will be ready to talk once the exemptions to the duties and the customs have been sort of made permanent but other than that we will not be pushed against the wall and it seems that the french finance minister takes over the new role that the german finance minister used to have in the past telling people what's on. the euro zone finance minister meeting and bug area now to the historic and remarkable meeting between the leaders of the two koreas which has already yielded some major breakthroughs that one hopes that a thaw in political relations could also improve economic ties significantly one issue that doesn't appear to have been addres

this seems to be a really large consensus emerging the finance ministers of the euro group want the greek crisis after eight years of drama and absent downs they want it off the table and the word here is we want to create a success story in greece it's prepared probably significant that the new euro group same panels in greece and so ministers seem to be quite adamant in saying and now we have the package on the table and that something is just going to run down the review will be finished the last review will be finished in june and we will talk about an exit payment for greece so there you have a financial buffer and then we are ready to go and august twenty years greece will be free to fly they will go back to the financial markets and they will be their own country again of course with certain strings attached that's the general aim here and foreign minister and the finance ministers here they simply don't want to talk about crisis in greece anymore. germany is in the firing line for bringing nothing to the table what's behind that. there is a problem because the finance minister all

finance ministry. to suggest getting on the phone to call it what began as the euro group this ecosystem ignores it and like you know one thing investors here where more and more may are today lima a faster comes that. finance ministers and european union officials are stunned the new greek finance minister tells than the deficit was not the six percent previously announced it's more than double that. i would say that this was absolutely extraordinary. and this is precisely the moment where we hear lies that that nothing was first in weeks and that of course was not imagined x n t x and they will thought that we could all i would say trust the figures. this wasn't the first time greek politicians presented false figures to the europeans. in two thousand and four then finance minister george a local school fees did the same thing revealing what he claims were irregularities in the previous government's budget. and a new study hand that actually can support it with most of us start actually gardens do not of these but a gilligan's eighteen or a these are all of us lowly the blue any given is the bombing

finance minister appeared upbeat. today the outlook on greece is far more optimistic than it was a few years ago. and he wasn't alone in his optimism euro group president mario centeno pointing to greece's better than expected performance in twenty seventeen. times from greece. piece called. primary surplus of four point two percent to twenty seven. point five times back to the program greece has received a total of two hundred sixty billion euros as part of three bailouts since two thousand and ten its latest and most likely its last bailout runs out in august. the loans have come in exchange for sweeping and highly unpopular public sector reforms which saw pensions slashed and a freeze on recruitment we gain economic autonomy would be a major political achievement for prime minister alexis tsipras whose assured european commission president john claude younker that he won't backtrack on reforms in the post bailout era. u.s. comedian bill cosby could be headed to prison oh how the mighty have fallen indeed he was once called america's dad and now he's a convicted sexual predator american comedian bill cosby could go to jail for the rest of h

euro group and christine laggard at the imf meeting in washington last week. so the proposal is still on the table. i think it's convenient and an efficient one. >> >> i heard the french finance minister referencing those meetings last week with christine laggard from the imf, and also at those meetings is the european commissioner. we asked him whether he thought the prefrnfrench proposal woulde enough to get the imf on board, something that is important for the markets to give them confidence on the sustainable of greek debt >> we have the right figures, we not ask too much from greece, but this country now is tis 4.2 overperforming let's not ask them more. i think that's not efficient for their own growth i think that the imf is right, the debt burden on greece is too high, and that's why linking debt to growth must be examined, examined knowing the constraints of the country politically, but also with the idea that we must keep the greek authorities to capacity to alleviate that burden i think that's the imf's requirement. we must meet this requirement. again, the imf as a partner showing the credibility of the program is very moved. >> we also had a chance to talk to the