Merkel ally says surprised by new proposals from Brussels


  • World
  • Tuesday, 30 Jun 2015

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German senior conservative lawmaker, Volker Kauder, said on Tuesday he was surprised that Brussels was coming up with new proposals for Greece now as the government in Athens had broken off talks.

"It's somewhat surprising that new proposals are coming from Brussels now," he said after EU authorities made a last-minute offer to salvage a bailout deal that could keep Greece in the euro zone, describing statements from Brussels as "irritating".

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