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Greek Premier Vows He’ll Persuade Creditors to Ease Budget Rules

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Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Sept. 7.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Sept. 7.

Photographer: Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Bloomberg

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he’ll make the case for Greece’s creditors to ease budget-surplus demands, the latest sign that Europe’s most indebted country is leaving its bailout era behind.