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[tommy271]

Greece euro exit reports dismissed

Updated: 17:33, Friday, 6 May 2011




Greece - Reports say possibility of euro exit raised


Amadeu Altafaj, spokesman for Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Ollie Rehn, has dismissed reports that Greece is considering withdrawing from the euro zone and reintroducing its own currency.
Germany's Spiegel Online said eurozone finance ministers were meeting in Luxembourg evening to discuss the Greek crisis and that a possible restructuring of its debt would be on the agenda of the meeting.
'The government has raised the possibility of leaving the euro zone and reintroducing its own currency,' the report said, without citing its sources.
However, a German government source has said there were no plans for Greece to leave the eurozone.
'An exit is not planned and was not planned,' the source said.

 

[tommy271]

Ma questo e "terrorismo".
Ma e possibile che nessuno prenda posizione su notizie del genere....Guardate che tutto ha un limite....e qui e stato superato da pezzo.
Queste sono pure stronzate......incredibile davvero

Meno male che hanno avuto il buon gusto di uscire con la news con mercati in chiusura ...

 

[tommy271]

Friday, May 6, 2011 - 12:30 Germany Press: Greece Ponders On Leaving The Eurozone



BERLIN (MNI) - The Greek government is pondering leaving the Eurozone and introducing its own currency, the German weekly Der Spiegel reported Friday on its website, citing no sources for its claim.
According to the magazine, Eurozone finance ministers and representatives of the EU Commission will meet this Friday evening in Luxembourg for a secret crisis meeting.
On the agenda of the meeting, along with a possible exit of Greece from the Eurozone, will also be a restructuring of Greece's debt, Der Spiegel wrote. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and his deputy Joerg Asmussen will attend the meeting, the magazine said.
According to Der Spiegel, Schaeuble wants to prevent Greece from leaving the Eurozone at any cost.
The spokesman for Eurogroup chairman and Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker denied the report as "totally wrong," according to Reuters.

 

[tommy271]

Slovakia not aware of euro zone crisis meeting






BRATISLAVA | Fri May 6, 2011 12:27pm EDT



BRATISLAVA May 6 (Reuters) - Slovak Finance Minister Ivan Miklos is not aware of any euro zone crisis meeting taking place on Friday as reported by Germany's Spiegel Online, he said through a spokesman.
"He does not have any information about any such meeting," the spokesman told Reuters on behalf of Miklos.
Spiegel reported Greece had raised the possibility of leaving the euro zone and that euro area finance ministers and the European Commission were meeting in Luxembourg on Friday evening to discuss the issue.

 

[tommy271]

EU set to ban "speculative" sovereign debt trades






Fri May 6, 2011 12:06pm EDT

* Bans "naked" shortselling of govt debt
* Ban can only be lifted temporarily on certain conditions
* Britain apparently outvoted
(Adds industry, lawmaker reaction)


By Huw Jones


LONDON, May 6 (Reuters) - European Union states have given initial backing to a ban on naked selling of sovereign debt, the bloc's presidency said on Friday.
Hungary said that under the deal it brokered this week a ban on naked government debt selling could only be lifted temporarily under strict criteria to be worked out later.
"The presidency put on the table this proposal addressing concerns about liquidity that seem to be to the satisfaction of countries with these concerns," said Marton Hajdu, a spokesman for the EU presidency.
A naked sale is where the asset is not owned or borrowed when sold, in the hope that market prices will have fallen by the time the asset is needed for settlement.
EU member state ambassadors will review the compromise next week ahead of a meeting of finance ministers on May 17.
"We are very optimistic," Hajdu said.
Hedge funds and other investors have been accused of speculating on falls in government bond prices, which exacerbated difficulties for Greece last year, which had to be bailed out by the EU and International Monetary Fund.
Under the Hungarian deal, a member state can ask for the ban to be lifted temporarily if liquidity in its sovereign debt falls below a set threshold.
Details of the threshold would be worked out later.
Industry officials said there would have to be flexibility for market makers who use short-selling to help complete orders when they don't hold enough bonds on their books.
"Shortselling is a natural part of making markets in government bonds. The trick is how do you determine whether a bond is liquid or not," said Sander Schol, a director at the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), a banking lobby.
The original proposal was authored by the EU's executive European Commission.
The European Parliament, which has joint final say with member states, voted overwhelmingly in committee in March to go further than the Commission text and back a ban on naked selling of sovereign credit default (CDS) swaps.

The Hungarian compromise is seen by diplomats as staying within parliament's "red lines", and therefore a final first reading deal is seen likely in June or July at the latest.
"We believe that the versions on the table in the Council (of EU states) and in parliament are not extremely divergent, so we see a good chance for a final deal sooner rather than later," Hajdu said.
Pascal Canfin, the EU lawmaker steering the measure through parliament, said he wanted to read the member state text thoroughly before commenting.
Britain, which believes the deal gives a new pan-EU watchdog, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), too much power, appears to have been outvoted.

 

[tommy271]

Eurogruppo, portavoce Juncker smentisce vertice su Grecia

venerdì 6 maggio 2011 18:13



BRUXELLES, 6 maggio (Reuters) - Il portavoce del presidente dell'Eurogruppo, Jean-Claude Juncker, ha smentito nettamente che ci sia un vertice in calendario per stasera per discutere della Grecia.
Il sito del settimanale tedesco Der Spiegel riporta che la Grecia ha ventilato l'ipotesi di lasciare la zona euro e reintrodurre la dracma, aggiungendo che una riunione urgente fra i ministri finanziari dell'area della moneta unica e la Commissione Europea è stata fissata per stasera, a Lussemburgo.
"Smentisco nettamente che ci sia un vertice", ha detto telefonicamente Guy Schuller, portavoce di Juncker. "Queste notizie sono totalmente false".

 

[tommy271]

Grecia ha preso in considerazione uscita da euro - Spiegel

venerdì 6 maggio 2011 18:18



BERLINO, 6 maggio (Reuters) - La Grecia ha ventilato la possibilità di un'uscita dall'euro-zona nel corso dei colloqui con la Commissione Europea e con altri stati membri negli ultimi giorni. Lo riferisce l'edizione online del magazine tedesco Spiegel.
In base a quanto riportato, i ministri delle finanze dell'euro zona dovrebbero incontrarsi questa sera per discutere della crisi greca e dell'eventuale ristrutturazione del debito.
"Il governo greco ha ventilato la possibilità di lasciare l'euro zona e di reintrodurre la propria valuta" si legge nell'articolo, in cui non viene citata alcuna fonte.

 

[tommy271]

Grecia, uscita da zona euro non in programma - fonte tedesca

venerdì 6 maggio 2011 18:20






BERLINO, 6 maggio (Reuters) - Non ci sono piani per l'uscita della Grecia dalla zona euro.
Lo dice a Reuters una fonte governativa tedesca smentendo quanto riportato da Spiegel Online secondo cui aumentano le possibilità che la Grecia lasci la zona euro.
"Un'uscita non è nei piani né è stata programmata", dice la fonte.

 

[tommy271]

Euro estende calo, Treasuries recuperano su indiscrezioni Grecia

venerdì 6 maggio 2011 18:27






NEW YORK, 6 maggio (Reuters) - L'euro ha esteso le perdite contro il dollaro e i prezzi dei Treasuries hanno ridotto i cali sulla scia delle indiscrezioni stampa secondo cui la Grecia avrebbe ventilato la possibilità di abbandonare la zona euro.
La moneta unica ha toccato un minimo intraday a 1,4415 dollari EUR=, in calo dello 0,8%.
"Questi titoli sulla Grecia sicuramente hanno avuto un impatto sull'euro", commenta Geoffrey Yu, strategist di Ubs.
"L'uscita della Grecia dalla zona euro creerebbe problemi a cascata, specialmente per il comparto bancario e in particolare se l'Unione europea consentisse alla Grecia un default unilaterale sui suoi prestiti. Questo accadrebbe se la Grecia dovesse lasciare la zona euro".
Il sito del settimanale tedesco Der Spiegel riporta che la Grecia ha ventilato l'ipotesi di lasciare la zona euro e reintrodurre la dracma, aggiungendo che una riunione urgente fra i ministri finanziari dell'area della moneta unica e la Commissione Europea è stata fissata per stasera, a Lussemburgo.
Il portavoce del presidente dell'Eurogruppo, Jean-Claude Juncker, ha smentito nettamente che ci sia un vertice in calendario per stasera per discutere della Grecia e una fonte governativa tedesca ha smentito che ci siano piani per l'uscita di Atene dalla zona euro.

 

[tommy271]

Euro falls 1 pct to fresh session low on Greece concerns






NEW YORK | Fri May 6, 2011 12:49pm EDT



NEW YORK May 6 (Reuters) - The euro fell 1 percent to a fresh session low on Friday as investors continued to shun risk after a German media report, since denied, that Greece had raised the possibility of leaving the euro zone.
The euro hit a session low of $1.4370 EUR= and was last at $1.4388, down 1 percent on the day. With the peak at $1.4587, the spread between session high and low is now more than 2 cents.
After the initial headlines, European officials denied on Friday that Greece had any plans to leave the euro zone, after Germany's Spiegel Online reported that the government in Athens had raised the prospect of an exit with other countries