International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde leaves after a euro zone finance ministers' meeting on Greece, in Brussels, Belgium, July 12, 2015. REUTERS/Eric Vidal
BERLIN (Reuters) - Any debate about Greece leaving the euro zone should "belong to the past", German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said, adding that his Social Democrats would vote on Friday in favour of opening talks on a third bailout plan for Athens.
"We are partners in implementing the results of the negotiations and not opponents. For us in Germany this means, that every debate about a Grexit must now belong to the past," said Gabriel, leader of the Social Democrats, junior partner in the ruling coalition.
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