Antonis Samaras Greece Needs Air To Breathe
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ComLikes Antonis Samaras heads to Berlin on Friday for talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose country is the largest single contributor to Greece's EURO 240 billion $300 billion bailout packages. German officials and some lawmakers in Merkel's coalition government have made clear they are in no mood to grant significant concessions.Let me be very clear: we are not asking for extra money," Samaras told Germany's top-selling Bild newspaper in an interview published Wednesday. "We stand by our commitments and the implementation of all requirements. But we must encourage growth, because that reduces the financing gaps.""All we want is a little `air to breathe' to get the economy going and increase state income," Samaras added, without specifying any timeframe. "More time does not automatically mean more money."Some German politicians have talked openly in recent weeks about the possibility of Greece leaving the euro, and the vice chancellor, Economy Minister Philipp Roesler, has said that the idea of a Greek exit has "lost its horror."
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