In May, a limited arms embargo against the new Greek regime was announced, but it was never properly implemented.
The new Greek government might reckon that Europe would never let Greece collapse.
Lucas Papademos, the new Greek prime minister, is preoccupied with the financial crisis and uncomfortable dealing with the name row.
The new Greek interim PM is Lucas Papademos, pictured in the middle, while the man on the left is Klaus Regling.
Officials struggled to explain the new Greek bailout and the bondholder losses.
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There is expected to be discussion of the new Greek government's policies.
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If the far-left Syriza group fails to form a workable coalition, it seems likely a new Greek election will be called next month.
That means, within hours, there will be a new Greek finance minister - even if no more money for extra people at the ministry.
Monday's eurozone meeting will also assess the policies of the new Greek government, which won the approval of parliament after three days of tense debate.
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The new Greek government is vowing not to lay off a single civil servant, despite the previous government's commitment to cut 150, 000 jobs by 2015.
The French believe that the new Greek government needs a concession.
Even if this tortuous routing of European bail-out money to the ECB helped avoid an immediate default, any new Greek government would face huge strains.
It is also expected to feature a voluntary contribution from private investors, who will be invited to buy up new Greek bonds as old ones mature.
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An almost dismissive approach to the wishes of the voters can be detected over the demands by the new Greek government to renegotiate its bailout deal.
Bold adjustment, which to its credit the new Greek government has already begun, will reduce the risk of Greece finding its debts unpayable in three years' time.
If the new Greek bonds had different terms higher or lower interest payments for instance their prices could be substantially different, changing the amount the default swaps would pay.
The new Greek prime minister, George Papandreou, elected in October, may have economic distractions, but he is keener on a Cyprus settlement than his predecessor, and he acts as his own foreign minister.
The new Greek government will expect in return help from the troika rather than the same diet of austerity, arguing that the Greek people have to be offered some incentive to endure more sacrifice.
The IMF had been resisting the payments until there was an agreement on a new bailout package until Thursday, amid a general debate with German authorities as to who would fund a new Greek bailout.
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Germany - a key contributor to any rescue package - is arguing with France and the European Central Bank over the extent to which private investors should buy new Greek bonds and share the risk burden.
But pressure from euro-zone finance ministers for stronger action is building: they will meet in February to approve a new Greek plan to fix its finances, which must be submitted to the European Commission this month.
Yes, Britain will not have to contribute to a new Greek bail-out under what is called the EFSM but, of course, the UK contributes to the IMF and the fund will be heavily committed to the Greek bail-out Mark II.
Vassilis Monastiriotis of the Hellenic Observatory at the London School of Economics predicted that the international community will show patience with the new Greek government at least until September, not least because any alternative would be far more radical and anti-European.
What I want to know is whether the United States, as a major contributor to the IMF, would support the new elected Greek government in their efforts, in the Greek efforts to convince, to persuade Europeans and the IMF to ease the austerity measures and to boost -- to take steps towards growth -- towards boosting growth.
Europe needed Germany's money to fund a new program of Greek loans.
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Mr. Samaras first met with Alexis Tsipras, the leader of leftist Syriza, which has become the new force in Greek politics after campaigning on a fierce antiausterity ticket.
When Greece unexpectedly reached the last eight with a 1-0 win over Russia, a day before key elections which saw a narrow victory for pro-Euro party New Democracy, Greek newspapers were quick to link Friday's game with the country's economic turmoil and strained relations with Germany.
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It's making a comeback through a major donation from the New York-based Greek yogurt company Chobani.
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