Sunday, June 5, 2011

German Lawmakers Aren’t Sure to Back Greece, Seehofer Tells Bild

Bloomberg
June 5, 2011

Horst Seehofer, head of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition partner CSU, said it’s not certain yet that the lower house of parliament will support more aid for Greece, Bild am Sonntag reported, citing an interview.

“We won’t issue a blank check,” Seehofer, who leads the sister party to Merkel’s Christian Democrats and is also prime minister of Bavaria’s state government, was quoted as saying by the newspaper. The parliament will only agree on loans under strict conditions such as a “maximum” effort by Greece to consolidate its budget, Seehofer said, according to the report.

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