# olli-rehn - Saturday 27 September, 2014
# Burn The Bondholders
# Burn The Bondholders
The former EU Economics Commissioner also said he would consider attending the Banking Inquiry.
# olli-rehn - Friday 13 December, 2013
# Bailout Exit
# Bailout Exit
The European Commission vice-president spoke last night about his initial shock at the scale of Ireland’s bank debt.
# olli-rehn - Tuesday 5 November, 2013
# Economy
# Economy
Olli Rehn says the European economy has reach a “turning point”, but it is too early to declare victory.
# olli-rehn - Monday 14 October, 2013
# Bailout Exit
# Bailout Exit
With Ireland set to exit the Troika programme on 15 December, the question now is whether we’ll need a precautionary credit facility to ease it back into normal lending markets.
# olli-rehn - Friday 11 October, 2013
# Bailout
# Bailout
The EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner made the comments in an interview today.
# olli-rehn - Sunday 24 March, 2013
# Explainer
# Explainer
Bailouts! Deposit levies! Leaving the euro? It’s all been happening in the last ten days.
# olli-rehn - Monday 25 February, 2013
# Promissory Note
# Promissory Note
The European Commissioner says the €1 billion savings should be used to eliminate Ireland’s deficit as soon as possible.
# olli-rehn - Wednesday 13 February, 2013
# Irish Economy
# Irish Economy
Olli Rehn has written to EU ministers indicating an openness to delaying austerity measures on a case-by-case basis.
# olli-rehn - Wednesday 12 December, 2012
# Bank Guarantee
# Bank Guarantee
The approval is seen as routine and may be the last extension, with the possibility of a withdrawal early next year.
# olli-rehn - Wednesday 24 October, 2012
# Bailout
# Bailout
The release of further documents this week help to shed further light on Ireland’s bailout. But what don’t we know?
# olli-rehn - Tuesday 10 July, 2012
# Bank Debt
# Bank Debt
European ministers have also rubber-stamped an initial €30billion bailout for Spain.
# olli-rehn - Monday 18 June, 2012
# Daily Fix
# Daily Fix
All the day’s main news, plus a few bits and pieces you may have missed along the way…
# olli-rehn - Tuesday 12 June, 2012
# Debt Crisis
# Debt Crisis
The commissioner says he still wants to assist Ireland – and confirms Spain’s banking bailout won’t bring new fiscal conditions.
# olli-rehn - Tuesday 5 June, 2012
# Portugal
# Portugal
After latest review, IMF says Portugal is making progress on reforms but needs to take urgent action to tackle unemployment.
# olli-rehn - Wednesday 30 May, 2012
# Euro
# Euro
Euro trading lower against US dollar.
# olli-rehn - Tuesday 6 March, 2012
# Eurozone
# Eurozone
Eurozone GDP contracted by 0.3 per cent in the final quarter of 2011 – in comparison to a 0.7 per cent rise during the same period last year.
# olli-rehn - Tuesday 21 February, 2012
# olli-rehn - Friday 10 February, 2012
# Austerity
# Austerity
The Greek daily Dimokratia isn’t best pleased with the EU-enforced austerity. Check out yesterday’s front page…
# Greece
# Greece
EU finance ministers are refusing to release the aid package despite a deal reached by Greece’s leaders yesterday.
# olli-rehn - Tuesday 24 January, 2012
# Eurozone
# Eurozone
The Finance Minister will try to get a better deal on Ireland’s bailout as he holds talks with the European Central Bank president today.
# olli-rehn - Thursday 8 December, 2011
# Bank Guarantee
# Bank Guarantee
The European Commission has approved the extension of the government bank’s guarantee – for six months longer than needed.
# olli-rehn - Tuesday 22 November, 2011
# Administration
# Administration
A Commission green paper on the possible introduction of eurozone Stability Bonds suggests giving the EU power to put troubled member states into ‘administration’.
# olli-rehn - Monday 21 November, 2011
# One Year On
# One Year On
A year after the government announced it was negotiating a bailout deal, TheJournal.ie takes a look back over the comments and quotes of the bailout.
# olli-rehn - Tuesday 4 October, 2011
# Debt Crisis
# Debt Crisis
Eurozone finance ministers have decided to delay a decision on Greece’s next €8bn loan package until later in the month.
# olli-rehn - Monday 3 October, 2011
# Debt Crisis
# Debt Crisis
The shrinking Greek economy means the austerity drive will not be enough to ensure that the government deficit is within targets.
# olli-rehn - Thursday 15 September, 2011
# Greece
# Greece
The French and German leaders moved to quash fears Greece could be forced out of the single currency over its debt crisis.
# olli-rehn - Wednesday 14 September, 2011
# Bailout
# Bailout
The EC says it’s lowering the interest on its part of Ireland’s bailout loans in line with that of the Eurozone’s portion.
# olli-rehn - Friday 9 September, 2011
# Bailout
# Bailout
The European Commission says Ireland’s economy will grow this year, albeit gradually, with the bank bailout cheaper than expected.
# olli-rehn - Saturday 20 August, 2011
# Eurobonds
# Eurobonds
Despite opposition from Germany, France and Herman van Rompuy, Olli Rehn is considering laws to allow a common Eurozone bond.
# olli-rehn - Sunday 17 July, 2011
# olli-rehn - Tuesday 28 June, 2011
# Greece
# Greece
EU Commissioner says Greece has to pass its austerity package because the future of Greece “and financial stability in Europe are at stake”.
# olli-rehn - Monday 30 May, 2011
# Greece
# Greece
Greece will be subject to unprecedented international intervention in its domestic affairs in return for new bailout loans according to a report in today’s Financial Times.
# olli-rehn - Tuesday 24 May, 2011
# Greece
# Greece
Despite the European Union’s insistence for cross-party support, Greece’s main opposition party has flatly refused to back new austerity measures aimed at tackling the country’s debt.
# olli-rehn - Friday 13 May, 2011
# Irish Economy
# Irish Economy
Olli Rehn tells a briefing that Ireland’s economy will grow by 0.6 per cent – further bolstering the case for a bailout rate cut.
# olli-rehn - Wednesday 11 May, 2011
# Bailout
# Bailout
French sources tell RTÉ that Ireland isn’t offering enough leeway on raising the famed corporation tax rate.
# olli-rehn - Tuesday 10 May, 2011
# Good News
# Good News
The EU’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner tells Strasbourg press conference that Ireland should get a cut in its bailout interest rate.
# olli-rehn - Sunday 24 April, 2011
# Bailout Boys
# Bailout Boys
Dan O’Brien’s half-hour programme on Ireland’s economic downfall gets its first airing. Here are some select excerpts.
# olli-rehn - Thursday 7 April, 2011
# Portugal
# Portugal
Finance minister Michael Noonan had hoped Ireland’s financial situation would top the agenda as he looks to lower the country’s interest rate.
# olli-rehn - Monday 14 March, 2011
# Your Say
# Your Say
Michael Noonan’s in Europe today, trying to persuade EU leaders to see things our way. What do you think he should do?
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