Claude Juncker News

Jean-Claude Juncker, the former chairman of the Eurogroup and current prime minister of Luxembourg, tells Kathimerini that he had a battle on his hands to ensure that Greece remained in the eurozone during his term at the helm of the forum of eurozone finance ministers.

Luxembourg Prime Minister and former Eurogroup chief Jean-Claude Juncker listens to another speaker just before delivering a speech on the future of the Eurozone, in Athens on Monday, June 10, 2013.

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras ruled out on Tuesday any possibility of the government adopting new austerity measures to make up for its failure to sell gas firm DEPA.

Eurobank's chief executive officer Nikos Nanopoulos made it known on Monday that he will not bid to remain in his position when the lender's annual sharholders' meeting is held on June 27 to elect a new executive board.

LuxembourgA's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker begins a two-day official visit in Athens.

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras faces tough negotiations on two fronts this week as troika mission chiefs return to Athens on Tuesday for a new audit as his coalition partners press for changes within the shaky administration.

A Greek exit from the euro zone appears to be off the table for now, but for a while last year the "Grexit" scenario seemed to be a very close call, according to former Eurogroup President and current Prime Minister of Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker.

France and Germany have thrown their weight behind creating a permanent president for economic policy in the euro zone, a role that would mark a fundamental overhaul of how the currency bloc is managed.

A day after Greece decided to pare down its armed forces, Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem is due in Athens on Friday to review the progress of the fiscal adjustment program.

Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, left, looks at Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, center, and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso while they walk away after a group photo was taken during an EU summit in Brussels on Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

What was Europe's debt problem is starting to look like Europe's taxation problem.

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy smiles as he faces the cameras upon arrival at an EU summit in Brussels on Wednesday, May 22, 2013.