BRUSSELS: Greece’s new anti-austerity government failed to reach a deal with its European partners Thursday on renegotiating its huge bailout, with talks now set to go down to the wire next week.
Finance minister Yaris Varoufakis (pix) set out Athens’ proposals for a new debt programme at an emergency meeting with his counterparts from the 19-country eurozone in Brussels.
As he made his case more than 15,000 people turned out on Athens streets Wednesday evening in a display of support for the government’s programme, according to police.
But Jeroen Dijsselbloem, head of the Eurogroup of eurozone ministers, said six hours of talks produced …read more
Source: theSun
