Eurozone reaches Greek deal
Greece is on its way to getting the next tranche of its much-needed bailout loans after finance ministers from the Eurozone countries agreed on a programme to reduce the country's debt.
Eurozone's debt agreement with Greece explained
Eurozone finance chief Jean-Claude Juncker said the agreement includes:
- A plan to reduce Greece's debt level to 124% of its GDP by 2020 and below 110% by 2022. The IMF had originally insisted on a debt-to-GDP ratio of 120% by 2020.
- A cut of 100 basis points on the interest rate charged to Greece by other Eurozone member states, excluding those countries also receiving bailouts.
- A 15-year extension of the maturities of loans from other countries and the eurozone's bailout fund - the European Financial Stability Facility - and a deferral of interest payments by Greece on EFSF loans by 10 years.
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