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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-09-14
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[01] FinMin meets EU Commission task force chief for Greece
[01] FinMin meets EU Commission task force chief for Greece
ANA-MPA/Government's Vice-President and Finance Minister Evangelos
Venizelos on Tuesday had his first meeting with Horst Reichenbach,
the head of a special task force set up by the European Commission to
help Greece accelerate implementation of Community-financed projects
and to speed up absorption of EU funds. No statements were made after
the meeting.
Asked whether Greece will "make it" as he emerged from the meeting with
Venizelos, Reichenbach replied that "the purpose of the task force is
to help in this direction".ana-mpa
Another of the task force's goals is to support the implementation
of the EU and IMF stabilisation programme, with actions focusing on
competitiveness, growth and employment.ana-mpa
The Commission experts arrived on Tuesday and hope to speed up projects
amounting to 7.7 billion euro, increase the rate of asborption of National
Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) funds and promote reforms.
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