Economy

European Union Hails Greek Parliament’s Decision

On Wednesday, the European Union called a decision of Greek Parliament to approve a controversial package of austerity measures, observed as critical to avoid default.

"The country has taken an important step forward along the necessary path of fiscal consolidation and growth-enhancing structural reform”, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said in a joint statement. "But it has also taken a vital step back -- from the very grave scenario of default. This was a vote of national responsibility”.

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Germany can prove to be Greece's savior

For Greece, the savior now seems to be lying in Germany alone. Not that the other eurozone members are not helping out in this. They are trying everything in their powers to help the country which is reeling under debt burden worth billions of euros.

But despite of so many efforts, Greece has been defaulting continuously and the problem seems to be going as deep as the US housing market. And if the experts are to be believed then it requires similar or some ever more extreme remedies.

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Things pretty well in industrial center of Europe

Things are quite well at present in Germany, which is the industrial center of Europe. Figures have shown that western flank in Germany has become the greatest exporter of the Western World. The news has been confirmed and that makes it the second largest exporter just after China and before the US.

For helping the place achieve the level that it has reached till now, the container ports have played a major role and have worked day and night to achieve it. The record orders were sent to southern and Western Europe, then came US followed by China.

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Germany's debt crisis leadership under fire

The friendly match with Germany who has been rivals for a long time now has been moved from Warsaw to Gdansk, a port in the Baltic. The shift in the venue of the game scheduled for September was announced by Poland who is co-hosting the Euro 2012.

PZPN football association of Poland confirmed that the match would take place on the 6th of September in the PGE Arena in Gdansk. The game was supposed to be the inaugurating match for the newly set up stadium in Warsaw but due to delay in the finishing building it, the match has been shifted.

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Private sector to aid Greece "voluntarily"

Wolfgang Schaeuble, the Finance Minister of Germany, has stated that the individual sponsors will be given an option to contribute to the revival of the economy in Greece by pooling in money for the fresh bailout.

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France, Germany lead recovery as Ireland and Spain suffer

France, so far, has seen the strongest expansion of business activity as far as Eurozone Services PMI Purchasing Managers' Index is concerned. While Italy, Ireland and Spain saw limited growth in the month of May, France and Germany were leading in recovery. Markit Eurozone Services Business Activity Index was expected to be at 55.4.

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Germany Pushing For Greek Bond Maturities Extension

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has stated that the country’s debt crisis may be removed by extending the maturities of Greek bonds. This may help to lessen the debt to some extent. For this there is need of private investors who would participate in this.

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