Euro ministers 'not amused' by Greek plan to cut aid line

Athens

EURO area finance ministers expressed doubts about Greece's plan to exit its rescue programme early, highlighting a clash between Greek political priorities and European economic preferences.

"We are skeptical about this," Austrian Finance Minister Hans Joerg Schelling told reporters on Monday in Luxembourg, where he and his euro area counterparts held a monthly meeting. "We are watching this with a certain skepticism and concern."