Greece must step up efforts, to unlock funds - Eurogroup head


  • World
  • Friday, 15 Nov 2013

Dutch Finance Minister and Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem (L) stands next to Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos and Italian counterpart Fabrizio Saccomanni (R) during an Eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels November 14, 2013. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers pressed Greece on Thursday to speed up structural reforms and continue fiscal consolidation and privatisation to unblock more of the international loans that keep it afloat.

"A lot of progress has been made, also at social and political costs for the Greek society, and I think we fully acknowledge that," the chairman of euro zone finance ministers Jeroen Dijsselbloem said after a meeting of the group.

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