Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Papandreou confers with Commission chief ahead of Thursday's summit



















Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou held talks here on Wednesday afternoon with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, ahead of Thursday's extraordinary EU summit in the Belgian capital.




The talks lasted for one hour and thirty minutes and no statements were made afterwards. According to Greek diplomatic sources, the premier presented to the Commission president the Greek positions "underlining the particular importance it has for Greece the Greek public debt's viability, the banks' liquidity and the gradual decrease of the burden on the citizens' shoulders."




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