Eurozone expulsion not possible under treaty: EU

Greece cannot be forced out of the eurozone, the European Commission said Thursday after Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said such a possibility should be considered.




"Neither exit nor expulsion from the euro area is possible, according to the Lisbon treaty under which participation in the euro area is irrevocable," Amadeu Altafaj, spokesman for EU economic affairs commissioner Olli Rehn, told a news briefing


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AFP