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EU offers Greece €2bn in development funds RTE News and Current Affairs Dublin, March 20 European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker has said he is making €2 billion of unused EU development funds available to Greece as it battles a cash crunch. Mr Juncker made the offer after crisis talks yesterday between Greece's new prime minister Alexis Tsipras and European leaders to shore up Greece's faltering EU-IMF bailout. "This will not be used to fill Greece's coffers, but to support efforts to create growth and social cohesion in Greece," targeting especially youth unemployment, Mr Juncker told a press conference at the end of a two-day summit. . . . Meanwhile, Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has criticised remarks made by Taoiseach Enda Kenny about Greece. Mr Adams said Mr Kenny's remarks regarding Greece at the EU summit in Brussels "show that he has moved from being the architect of austerity in Ireland to an austerity adviser to the EU elite." He added that although both Greece and Ireland had an unfair debt burden imposed on their citizens, Mr Kenny has consistently taken the side of the EU against the people of Greece. <http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0320/688360-greece> EU offers Greece two billion euros to boost growth, help with 'humanitarian crisis' Reuters, March 20 BRUSSELS - The European Union has two billion euros ready for Greece to use in projects that would boost the country's economic growth potential, cut youth unemployment and help the poorest citizens, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said. The Commission has already set up a team of officials to help Greece absorb the money as part of its efforts to help alleviate what Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras calls a "humanitarian crisis" after years of recession, Juncker told a news conference. [this is the report in full] _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
