Call to Europe on Greece

The European Progressive Movement must and will play a crucial role. There is still time […]

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30/06/2015

The European Progressive Movement must and will play a crucial role. There is still time to reach a fair and equitable deal with Greece, a deal that ensures the country’s fiscal, financial and debt sustainability and that offers a clear pathway out of the crisis. At the same time, the lessons learnt from the Greek crisis should lead the Eurozone to greater institutional convergence. The underlying assumption of this convergence, which would comprise of concrete steps towards stronger governance, enhanced common fiscal and investment instruments, debt mutualisation, and more shared sovereignty, is the sense of common responsibility that must be gradually strengthened amongst the Eurozone’s member states in how they address future challenges in the global economic and financial arena.

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