A restructuring of Greece's 340 billion euro (297.2 billion pounds) debt is not on the agenda and would damage the country's credibility on bond markets, the European Union's internal markets commissioner said on Saturday.
Forcing Greece's private creditors to take part in an upcoming aid package would count as a restructuring and is not being considered either, Michel Barnier told Europe 1 radio.
"This question of a restructuring ... is not on the table," he said. "It would only postpone the problem and in the wake of a restructuring Greece would face exactly the same difficulties and would no longer have any credibility to borrow."
Reuters
