The two-month extension to Greece’s EU programme, agreed yesterday by euro-zone finance ministers, was expected given recent wrangling over the Greek Budget. But the further austerity it could bring poses risks for the Greek economic recovery. And the Government’s decision to bring forward the presidential election by two months will do little to calm market nerves.
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