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'According to the International Energy Agency, more than half of the additional emissions reductions required to meet the Paris Agreement aims could be gained at no extra cost to electricity customers.

The past spectacle of the government targeting the central banker should not be repeated. It is an institution that is not fertile ground for political skirmishes.

One must not forget that in the management of the economic crisis of the previous decade much time was lost before ECB chief Mario Draghi’s decision to guarantee the viability of the common currency.

There are now better prospects of lowering Greece's primary surpus targets and incoming ECB chief Christine Lagarde has spoken of something between 1.5% and 2%.

It is thE obstinate devotion to unbending rules which over the last years has nurtured the monster of populism.

The country is at risk of not receiving the profits – amounting to approximately one billion euros - on Greek bonds held by the European Central Bank.

The former premier stressed the need for a common European policy that suits the contemporary transcendence of borders and that will reflect the needs and particularities of European nations.

'Over the past few years, people in Germany, myself included, have sympathised deeply as Greece has fought to repair its economy,' Weidmann said.