Greek Talks Stuck as Euro Finance Ministers Meet on Bailout
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Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos headed to Brussels today as politicians in Athens narrowed their differences to the single issue of pension cuts needed to secure a 130 billion euro ($172 billion) bailout.
Talks stumbled over pensions as European Union spokesman Amadeu Altafaj said he couldn’t confirm reports the EU gave Greece 15 more days to identify measures totaling 300 million euros. “No one seems to be aware of such an extension,” he told reporters today in Brussels before today’s emergency finance ministers’ meeting starting at 6 p.m.