Eurogroup President Mario Centeno addressed a special statement on Monday, via a relevant video message, no less, to mark the end of the bailout era in Greece.
The message by the chairman of the Eurozone's finance ministers' venue ostensibly demonstrates a "sigh of relief" on the part of Euro area officials that not only did the common currency survive, but that its most beleaguered member managed to end its dependency on guaranteed "soft loans" by other member-states and institutional creditors.
EUROPEAN STABILITY MECHANISM (ESM)
ESM Managing Director Klaus Regling also issued his own, mostly laudatory, video statement.
EU Council President Donald Tusk took to Twitter, writing in Greek that "You've done it! Congratulations to Greece and its people for the end of the financial assistance program..."
