BRUSSELS (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Tuesday that the head of the Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers would visit Athens, but that he would do so without a mandate from his peers.
"Jeroen Dijsselbloem will travel to Athens. He does not have a mandate, but he doesn't need one. We have freedom of movement in Europe," Schaeuble told a news conference after a meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels.
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