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EU ministers should agree on short-term Greek debt help: Sapin
Euro zone finance ministers should agree on Monday on a short-term plan to ease Greece's debt payments schedule at a meeting in Brussels, French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said. Sapin's comments contrasted with those of German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Sunday, who said Greece must carry out structural reforms instead of receiving debt relief. "This afternoon we will talk about short-term measures to ease the debt weight," Sapin said on arrival at the meeting of euro zone finance ministers in Brussels. "These are important measures, measures which will have a positive effect on Greece. I think we will ... (full story)