France urges Europe leaders to help Greece
Posted by TerranceV | Business | Posted on February 20th, 2012
Paris: European nations should do everything possible to help Greece avoid a default despite concerns about whether Athens is a reliable borrower, France’s prime minister said yesterday, fuelling hopes that a bailout could be agreed this week.
Tensions between Athens and other European capitals hit new highs last week as Eurozone ministers delayed to Monday a decision on a bailout agreement and demanded more commitments from Greece.
Seven people were detained yesterday following an anti-austerity protest in which eggs were thrown at the German embassy in central Athens.
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon took Greece’s side, warning that the fallout of
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