Any debt-relief measures for Greece will be discussed only after Athens presents a credible program that focuses on growth, German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz has said.
The German finance minister, interviewed in Sundays Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, said Berlins position and the position of his predecessor, Wolfgang Schaeuble was that any Greek debt easing must be connected to reforms.
Scholz said that before any debt talks, Greece must meet all bailout prerequisites by the summer.
At the same time, Scholz said that since Germany has a stable economy, it can help countries with fiscal problems, underlining that the eurozone should not give these states the wrong incentives.
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