Jean Claude Juncker

ATHENS - A Greek exit from the Eurozone would be manageable but is not desirable, Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker said in an interview with Germany΄s WDR television posted on the Luxembourg government΄s website on Aug. 7. "From today΄s perspective, it...

Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the eurozone finance ministers group, will visit Greece on August 22, the office of Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said Friday. Greece has been bailed out twice by the European Union and International Monetary Fund, with...

Officials of the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the European Commission are expected to visit Athens on Monday June 25th to discuss the possibility of a bailout reform, according to President of the Eurogroup Jean-Claude Juncker. Greece...

Eurozone chairman and Luxemburg Prime Minister, Jean-Claude Juncker, warned Greece that extra leeway does not mean revisiting the whole bailout program. In fact, he stated that the memorandum terms will remain more or less the same in his interview...

Finance ministers of the euro zone made a show of closing ranks around Greece Monday, with Eurogroup chairman Jean-Claude Juncker saying that no-one had argued for it to leave Europe΄s currency union at their monthly meeting, Dow Jones reported. "The...

The eurozone has focused on helping Greece putting its financial house in order while ignoring the vital question of growth, Eurogroup chief Jean-Claude Juncker said in an interview on Sunday, quoted by AFP. "I believe we have not paid enough...

Eurozone countries formally approved on Wednesday a second, 130 billion euro financing package for Greece that will keep Athens funded until 2014, the chairman of euro zone finance ministers Jean-Claude Juncker said in a statement. "The euro area member states...

Eurozone finance ministers gave their final approval to a second bailout for Greece today and turned their fire on Spain, demanding it aim for a tougher deficit target this year to get back on track in 2013. Greece, the source...

Euro zone finance ministers dropped plans on Tuesday for a special face-to-face meeting on Greece's new international bailout, saying political party chiefs in Athens had failed to provide the required commitment to reform. A source familiar with negotiations on Greece's...

Eurozone finance ministers warned Greece on Thursday that they are not yet ready to unlock a new debt bailout despite an agreement between Greek political leaders on new austerity cuts. Luxembourg prime minister, Jean-Claude Juncker, arriving to chair Brussels talks...