NEWS Release - Explainer on ESM short-term debt relief measures for Greece
Short-term debt relief measures for Greece: explainer
- When was it decided that Greece would receive short-term debt relief measures?
In its statement of 25 May 2016, the Eurogroup mandated the ESM to work on a first set of debt relief measures, referred to as short-term measures. The ministers said that these measures would be implemented after the closure of the first review and before the end of the current ESM programme (the third programme). The first review has since been concluded. On 5 December 2016, the ESM presented detailed plans for the short-term measures to the Eurogroup, which agreed to adopt them.
On January 23, the governing bodies of the ESM and of the EFSF formally completed the approval process of the measures, and implementation will now start.