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Merkel and Monti to discuss Greece on Friday

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"This Friday German Chancellor Angela Merkel will come to Rome and we will have an in-depth dialogue," including on the situation in Greece, Monti told Sky Tg24 television on Tuesday.

Eurozone finance ministers on Tuesday put a new Greek bailout on hold after Athens failed to meet conditions set by lenders in return for a rescue package that Athens needs to avoid default.

Since taking power in November, Monti has pushed through a draconian austerity plan and is now hoping to perform a massive liberalisation program and reforms of the job market in the hope of future prosperity.

 

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2012