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German Minister: Greece Can't Expect One Cent From Germany

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BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- Greece is responsible for its own healthy finances and shouldn't need aid from Germany or other euro-zone countries, German economics minister Rainer Bruederle said Friday.

"Greek Prime Minister [George] Papandreou has not said that he wants one cent, and we don't want to give him one cent, either," Bruederle said.

Papandreou is scheduled to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel later Friday in Berlin.

The pair will discuss Greece's budget woes and new austerity plans, though German officials have said repeatedly that German aid for Greece won't be on the agenda.

 

-By Patrick McGroarty, Dow Jones Newswires; +49 30 2888 4128; patrick.mcgroarty@dowjones.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

March 05, 2010 03:57 ET (08:57 GMT)

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