Samaras on Offense as Greek Bailout 3.0 Talks Loom
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Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has gone on the offensive at home and abroad, seeking leverage as the spotlight in Europe’s financial-crisis drama returns to the country where it began.
Cracking down on a nationalist party linked to a murder and telling Europe his budget cuts are ahead of target, Samaras wants more aid for a nation that has already been showered with 240 billion euros ($325 billion) in pledges. A meeting of euro finance ministers today in Luxembourg will signal how Europe will help Samaras, in office for 16 months, remain in power.