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Greece's debt problems have raised a question mark over the stability of the eurozone (Photo: Aster-oid)

Finance ministers play hardball with Greece

Euro area finance ministers played hardball with Greece on Monday (15 February), stressing additional austerity measures may be needed rather than detailing bail-out plans as hoped for by Athens.

"We did not want to go public today with the measures we are putting in place," Luxembourgish Prime Minister and eurozone chief Jean-Claude Juncker said after a meeting of euro area finance ministers, in reference to bail-out plans.

At an informal summit in Brussels last Thursday, euro ...

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Greece's debt problems have raised a question mark over the stability of the eurozone (Photo: Aster-oid)

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