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Former French President Reveals 2015 Phone Call Which Prevented Grexit

Meeting President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos in Athens on Thursday, former French President Francois Hollande referred to the Pavlopoulos' important role during the summer of 2015, immediately after the EU referendum held in Greece. According to Hollande, the...

Former French President: Grexit Threat was Not a Bluff

The Grexit threat in July 2015 was not a bluff, said former French president Francois Hollande, speaking about the crucial negotiations before the agreement was made on Greece's third bailout program. In an interview with the Sunday edition of Kathimerini,...

Moscovici: Macron will be Greece’s Ally

French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron will support Greece and be Athens’ ally if he is elected, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Pierre Moscovici told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency in an exclusive statement, one day before the second...

Hollande Expresses Support to Greece

French President Francois Hollande expressed his support to Greece upon his arrival at the EU summit on Thursday regarding the implementation of the debt relief measures. "I support the decisions taken at the Eurogroup. The Eurogroup decided relief measures for...

Pavlopoulos to Hollande: We Must Fight for a Strong and Prosperous Europe

Greeks are ready to fight for a strong and prosperous Europe based on its core values, President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Monday evening at the formal dinner held in his honor by French President Francois Hollande in Paris, following...

Hollande: France Willing to Play a Useful Role in the Process for a Cyprus Settlement as a UNSC Permanent Member

President of France Francois Hollande expressed on Friday his country's willingness as a permanent member of the UN Security Council to play a useful role in the process for a Cyprus settlement. In statements to the press after the talks...

French President to Visit Cyprus on December 9

The Cyprus government has confirmed that French President Francois Hollande will pay a visit to Cyprus on December 9. Government Spokesman Nikos Christodoulides in a Twitter post on Saturday said the French President will be in Cyprus on September 12. Earlier...

Merkel Points Tsipras to Eurogroup in Debt Meetings, Hollande Takes a Softer Stand

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras raised the issue of Greece's debt in meetings with French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday, noting the need to resolve disagreements among the institutions that perpetuate the uncertainty regarding its...

French President: IMF Chief was in Favor of Grexit

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde was in favor of Greece exiting the euro zone because its debt is unsustainable, wrote French President Francois Hollande in his new book entitled, 'A President Shouldn't Say That'. "Lagarde is in favor...

Varoufakis Rejects Reports there were any Thoughts of Printing New Currency During his Term

Economist and former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis rejected press reports that he had any intention of printing a new currency during his term as Greece’s finance minister in 2015. “During my time in government I was not involved in any...