‘It’s RIPPED the EU apart!’ Moment Merkel is attacked by her own ministers on Greece debt
ANGELA Merkel has been slammed by her own coalition over the bailout for Greece, saying that the crisis is pulling the European Union (EU) apart.
By JON ROGERS AND MONIKA PALLENBERG
Express.co.uk
Thu, Jun 29, 2017
The Social Democrat Thomas Oppermann, 63, has launched an attack on the German Chancellor saying that her policy regarding the bailout money for Greece has divided Europe.
Speaking in the Bundestag, he said: “The Chancellor rightly honoured [former Chancellor] Helmut Kohl. But not a cent for Greece – Mrs Merkel, that would never have been Helmut Kohl’s motto, he would never have allowed the Greek crisis to push the European Union apart.”
Mr Oppermann is currently Chairman of the party’s parliamentary group in the coalition in Mrs Merkel’s administration.
A deal was reached earlier this month between Greece and it international creditors on the next stage of its £75.7 billion (€86bn) bailout which removed fears that Athens could default on more than £6.2bn (€7bn) of debt repayments that are due next month.
The deal also relieved tension between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the EU over the terms and conditions for the Greek bailout.
The IMF had said that the eurozone countries needed to offer Athens significant debt relief in order to make repayments sustainable while the European Commission stated that the IMF was being far too pessimistic.
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