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Leaked during Eurogroup! Read the German paper suggesting a 5-year Grexit

Not true! Abundant rumors concerning German FinMin's interest in ousting Greece from the Eurozone have been denied. True! Read the paper

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Sunday Times correspondent Bojan Pancevski said that the meeting of the European Council on Sunday depends on the Eurogroup. He adds that the summit was originally called to prepare for a Grexit.

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Another Tweet doing the rounds comes from German newspaper FAS that states that Schaeuble is proposing a temporary five-year Grexit for Greece, during which Greece will receive humanitarian aid. His proposal for a ‘timeout’ from the eurozone means Greece would leave the monetary union for at least five years in order to restructure its debt but would reamin in the EU and receive “growth-enhancing, humanitarian and technical assistance.”

Another course suggested by Schaeuble would require Greece to improve its proposals and also transfer 50-bln worth of property assets to pay off its debts though he doesn’t state exactly which assets he has in mind.

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German government sources state that the idea of the temporary Grexit was agreed upon by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Vice-Chancellor Gabriel. Here’s the suggestion-

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The Greek government has denied such scenarios. European officials have also denied that there was such a suggestion made at Saturday’s Eurogroup – that’s not to say they don’t exist which must make former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis feel vindicated after his own claims that Schaeuble wanted a Grexit all along.

 

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