European leaders engage in a bit of brinkmanship over Greece's debt problem. From Reuters today:
Euro zone finance ministers postponed a final decision on extending a further 12 billion euros ($17 billion) in emergency loans to Greece, saying Athens would first have to introduce harsh austerity measures.
The ministers said in a statement that they expected to pay the money by mid-July. Greece has said it needs the loans by then to avoid defaulting on its debt.
But keeping up the pressure on Athens, the ministers insisted that disbursement would depend on the Greek parliament first passing laws on fiscal reforms and selling off state assets.
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