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Datum: 19. Juni 2015 18:30:09 MESZ
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Betreff: Document: TRUTH COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC DEBT – Report; Hellenic Parliament, June 18, 2015

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TRUTH COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC DEBT — full text attached (62 pages) —
HELLENIC PARLIAMENT,
Published on June 18, 2015

The Truth Committee on Public Debt (Debt Truth Committee) was established on April 4, 2015, by a decision of the President of the Hellenic Parliament, Ms Zoe Konstantopoulou, who confided the Scientific Coordination of its work to Dr. Eric Toussaint and the cooperation of the Committee with the European Parliament and other Parliaments and international organizations to MEP Ms Sofia Sakorafa.
Members of the Committee have convened in public and closed sessions, to produce this preliminary report, under the supervision of the scientific coordinator and with the cooperation and input of other members of the Committee, as well as experts and contributors.

The preliminary report chapters were coordinated by:
Bantekas Ilias, Contargyris Thanos, Fattorelli Maria Lucia, Husson Michel, Laskaridis Christina, Marchetos Spyros, Onaran Ozlem, Tombazos Stavros, Vatikiotis Leonidas, Vivien Renaud

With contributions from:
Aktypis Héraclès, Albarracin Daniel, Bonfond Olivier, Borja Diego, Cutillas Sergi, Gonçalves Alves Raphaël, Goutziomitros Fotis, Kasimatis Giorgos, Kazakos Aris, Lumina Cephas, Mitralias Sonia, Saurin Patrick, Sklias Pantelis, Spanou Despoina, Stromblos Nikos, Tzitzikou Sofia

The authors are grateful for the advice and input received from other members of the Truth Committee on Public Debt as well as other experts, who contributed to the Committee’s work during the public sessions and hearings and the closed or informal consultations.

The authors are grateful for the valuable assistance of Arnaoutis Petros Konstantinos, Aronis Charalambos, Bama Claudia, Karageorgiou Louiza, Makrygianni Antigoni and Papaioannou Stavros

Contents

4 Executive Summary
7 Introduction
8 The work of the Truth Committee in Public Debt
10 Definition of terms and acronyms
11 Chapter 1: Debt before the Troika
17 Chapter 2: Evolution of the Greek public debt during 2010-2015
22 Chapter 3: Greek public debt by creditor in 2015
29 Chapter 4: Debt mechanism in Greece
33 Chapter 5: The conditionalities against sustainability
37 Chapter 6: The impact of the “bailout programme” on human rights
45 Chapter 7: Legal issues surrounding the MOU and Loan Agreements
51 Chapter 8: Assessment of the debt as regards illegitimacy, odiousness, illegality and unsustainability
57 Chapter 9: Legal foundations for repudiation and suspension of Greek sovereign debt

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