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Sunday, August 26, 2012

Dutch Premier Rutte Says He's Against Third Greek Aid Package


Dutch Premier Rutte Says He's Against Third Greek Aid Package
Bloomberg
“We've helped twice and now it's up to the Greeks to show that they want to stay within the euro,” Rutte said, debating as the leader of the VVD, as his party is known. The Socialists, led by Emile Roemer, lead Rutte by three seats at 34 seats from the ...

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Merkel tries to calm uproar over eurozone plans

BERLIN/FRANKFURT - Angela Merkel tried to calm a growing storm over eurozone crisis strategy on Sunday after the Bundesbank likened ECB bond-buying plans to a dangerous drug and a conservative ally of the German leader said Greece should leave the currency bloc by next year.



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Merkel rejects Bavarian speculation over Greek exit


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Merkel rejects Bavarian speculation over Greek exit
Deutsche Welle
A spokesman for the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU), which for decades has been allied with Merkel's Christian Democrat (CDU) party, has stepped up criticism of Greece in recent weeks, fuelling speculation of an early Greek exit. CSU General ...
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German minister rejects more time for Greece





BERLIN (AP) — Germany's economy minister has rejected calls for Greece to get more time to implement economic reforms, saying in an interview Sunday that Athens needs to respect the bailout deal reached with its international creditors.

Philipp Roesler's comments to ZDF public television come after a visit by Greece's prime minister to Berlin on Friday, during which Antonis Samaras told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that his country needs "time to breathe" before it can make all the budget cuts and reforms demanded as part of its €240 billion ($300 billion) bailout packages.

The question of how to avert a Greek debt default, which could spark a chain reaction among other ailing European economies, has preoccupied EU leaders as they return from their traditional summer break.


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Greek Reporter

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Germany and France both said after meetings with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras this week that Greece's leaders must show their commitment to reform, and Germany is showing little inclination to consider any delay. But Austria and others in the ...
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German Minister Rejects More Time for Greece


German Minister Rejects More Time for Greece
ABC News
Germany's economy minister has rejected calls for Greece to get more time to implement economic reforms, saying in an interview Sunday that Athens needs to respect the bailout deal reached with its international creditors. Philipp Roesler's comments to ...

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Austria says Greece could get two-three extra years


Greek Reporter

Austria says Greece could get two-three extra years
Reuters
VIENNA/BERLIN (Reuters) - Greece should get more time to repay its debts provided that it sticks to reforms and savings targets agreed with the European Union, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann said, taking a softer line than neighbor Germany, which ...
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