ESM head rules out haircut for Greek debt

Report of comments by the head of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) Klaus Regling in January 2016 regarding the debt crisis in Greece.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Eurogroup meeting, 14 January 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/eurogroup-meeting-14-january-2016/

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ESM: Interview with Klaus Regling, Managing Director, ESM Published in Le Figaro, 25 January 2016 http://www.esm.europa.eu/pdf/2016_01_25_Regling_Le_Figaro_EN.pdf

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Kathimerini, 29.01.16: Lenders to start Greek reform review next week, EC says http://www.ekathimerini.com/205505/article/ekathimerini/news/lenders-to-start-greek-reform-review-next-week-ec-says

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