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Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-10-15
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[01] PM Karamanlis confers with FinMin, Development minister
[01] PM Karamanlis confers with FinMin, Development minister
Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis met on Monday with Economy and Finance
Minister George Alogoskoufis and Development Minister Christos Folias.
Asked by reporters after the meeting to comment on a bevy of main press
reports claiming a "confidential agreement" between himself and EU
Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia for an increase in
Greece's VAT rate -- upwards of 19 percent -- Alogoskoufis that "there
is no secret agreement", adding that "there is nothing new regarding
tax policy".
Alogoskoufis stressed that fiscal streamlining remained the goal of the
government's economic policy.
Caption: A file photo shows an exterior view of the Maximos Mansion
government house in Athens. ANA-MPA
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