(Reuters) -
Germany's raucous internal
debate on whether to keep Greece
in the euro zone is too narrowly focused on financial factors and should also
weigh up the wider geopolitical risks of a "Grexit", senior officials
in Chancellor Angela Merkel's party say.
(Reuters) -
The euro zone debt crisis was born in Greece. Nearly three years and two
bailouts on, Europe must decide whether to
give the country yet more help or cut it loose.
BERLIN—The leaders of Germany
and France on Thursday
agreed to speak to Greece
with one voice in meetings with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras this week,
a German government official said.
ATHENS--Greece
is seeking to slash government spending more drastically than previously
announced to compensate for tax revenue that will probably be lost to austerity
economics, a finance ministry official said Tuesday.