France hints eurozone should ease stance for Greek deal
But EU paymaster Germany strikes a hardline posture
Paris
DEBT-LADEN Greece and EU paymaster Germany struck hardline postures ahead of a crucial meeting of eurozone finance ministers on Monday on the future of an unpopular international bailout for Athens, but France called for a compromise.
With officials involved in preparatory talks offering conflicting assessments of whether there had been progress on an interim compromise, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble maintained a typically tough line, saying Greece had lived beyond its means for a long time and there was no appetite in Europe for giving it any more money without guarantees.
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