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Monday, June 8, 2015

Greek and German finance ministers meet as crunch week begins

Rolling economic and financial news, as Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Schäuble discuss Greece’s debt crisis in Berlin this morning 8.08am BST Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of the world economy, the financial markets, the eurozone and business.Fears over Greece’s financial plight are building this morning, as we enter a crucial week for Athens and the rest of Europe.Alexis Tsipras promised that by Thursday evening he would present a second proposal. Then he said he would present it on Friday. And then he said he would call on Saturday. But I have never received that proposal, so I hope I will receive it soon. I would like to have that Greek proposal,.“I do not have a personal problem with Alexis Tsipras. He was my friend. He is my friend … But frankly, in order to maintain [the friendship], he has to observe some minimum rules.” Related: Jean-Claude Juncker accuses Alexis Tsipras of lying over bailout talks Related: Turkey election: Erdoğan's AKP struggles to form goverment after setback – live Lira falls to record as Turkey voters end AK’s single-party era. Borsa Istanbul drops 8.2%, most since June 2013 pic.twitter.com/U5Y4Jk7g2F Continue reading...


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