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Eurogroup meeting on Greek bailout drags deep into the night - live updates | |
(35 minutes later) | |
11.35pm BST | |
23:35 | |
Sounds like Greece’s creditors are still divided... | |
#Eurogroup still going on. "difficult with the IMF" says a source | |
11.21pm BST | |
23:21 | |
Oh goodness me.... AFP’s Alex Pigman has heard the eurogroup ministers haven’t reached an agreement after all.... | |
Understand that ministers now working on a new version of the text. This could still be a while. #Eurogroup | |
That’s bad news all round, as ministers are due back for an ECOFIN meeting (including non-euro countries) tomorrow morning..... | |
Just a reminder - Ecofin doorsteps from 7am #eurogroup #purgatory pic.twitter.com/iv2gvW5wR2 | |
11.18pm BST | 11.18pm BST |
23:18 | 23:18 |
Euronews have produced a handy explanation to the Greek debt crisis - which you can see here. | Euronews have produced a handy explanation to the Greek debt crisis - which you can see here. |
It includes clips of the anti-austerity protests which gripped Brussels today (as covered earlier today), and saw riot police use water cannons on demonstrators. | It includes clips of the anti-austerity protests which gripped Brussels today (as covered earlier today), and saw riot police use water cannons on demonstrators. |
Seen on @euronews: The Brief from Brussels: Greek debt still divides the eurozone https://t.co/IXlM9fdnWV pic.twitter.com/XujiMb5V2P | Seen on @euronews: The Brief from Brussels: Greek debt still divides the eurozone https://t.co/IXlM9fdnWV pic.twitter.com/XujiMb5V2P |
11.03pm BST | 11.03pm BST |
23:03 | 23:03 |
It’s now Wednesday in Brussels, and 1am over in Greece, and still the eurogroup meeting continues. | It’s now Wednesday in Brussels, and 1am over in Greece, and still the eurogroup meeting continues. |
More seriously, my local pub just rang ‘time at the bar’ :( | More seriously, my local pub just rang ‘time at the bar’ :( |
10.46pm BST | 10.46pm BST |
22:46 | 22:46 |
Excellent news.... | Excellent news.... |
Back in the #Eurogroup table. Brake over. | Back in the #Eurogroup table. Brake over. |
That could mean that ministers are ready to sign off an agreement.... | That could mean that ministers are ready to sign off an agreement.... |
10.40pm BST | 10.40pm BST |
22:40 | 22:40 |
Heads-up! Eric Maurice of EUobserver reckons eurozone finance ministers might wrap things up in 20 minutes.... | Heads-up! Eric Maurice of EUobserver reckons eurozone finance ministers might wrap things up in 20 minutes.... |
I hear #Eurogroup now expected to finish around midnight. | I hear #Eurogroup now expected to finish around midnight. |
10.33pm BST | 10.33pm BST |
22:33 | 22:33 |
Bong! It’s now eight hours since eurozone finance ministers began today’s meeting, and just 30 minutes until the Brussels bells chime midnight. | Bong! It’s now eight hours since eurozone finance ministers began today’s meeting, and just 30 minutes until the Brussels bells chime midnight. |
So far, it sounds like they may agree to hand Greece its €11bn aid tranche, but in two installments. | So far, it sounds like they may agree to hand Greece its €11bn aid tranche, but in two installments. |
But there’s no sign of a breakthrough over how to give Greece debt relief. At least they’re still talking, though.... | But there’s no sign of a breakthrough over how to give Greece debt relief. At least they’re still talking, though.... |
10.24pm BST | 10.24pm BST |
22:24 | 22:24 |
Alex White of the Economist Intelligence Unit suspects tough decisions on Greek debt relief could be delayed until after the next German general elections, in autumn 2017. | Alex White of the Economist Intelligence Unit suspects tough decisions on Greek debt relief could be delayed until after the next German general elections, in autumn 2017. |
#Greece Looks like we will get sufficient disbursement in June, real surplus / debt restructuring debate deferred until after DE elections | #Greece Looks like we will get sufficient disbursement in June, real surplus / debt restructuring debate deferred until after DE elections |
That may not be acceptable to the IMF, though.... | That may not be acceptable to the IMF, though.... |
10.02pm BST | 10.02pm BST |
22:02 | 22:02 |
Cross everything.... | Cross everything.... |
#Eurogroup still on break. Thats usually a good sign that things could be moving. #Greece | #Eurogroup still on break. Thats usually a good sign that things could be moving. #Greece |
10.02pm BST | 10.02pm BST |
22:02 | 22:02 |
OK, I have no idea what this means....but EC spokesman Simon O’Connor just tweeted this catchy tune from Zorba the Greek. | OK, I have no idea what this means....but EC spokesman Simon O’Connor just tweeted this catchy tune from Zorba the Greek. |
https://t.co/eFGfbHNCsO | https://t.co/eFGfbHNCsO |
Might it be a sign that talks are speeding up?... | Might it be a sign that talks are speeding up?... |