Juncker 'totally opposed' to a Greek euro exit
Greece’s premier embarked Wednesday on a diplomatic push to earn his
nation more time to complete reforms and retain access to bailout loans,
but a top European official said that any decision will depend on a
report by international debt inspectors next month.
Jean-Claude
Juncker, who chairs meetings of eurozone finance ministers and is also
Luxembourg's prime minister, insisted Greece must remain within the
euro. Its exit from the currency used by 17 European Union countries
would hurt both to the country and the wider continent.
"I’m
totally opposed to the exit of Greece from the eurozone,» he said after a
meeting in Athens with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Finance
Minister Yannis Stournaras.
The meeting is the first of several
Samaras will hold this week with European leaders to press the case for
granting Athens more time to complete its reforms. He will be in Berlin
on Friday to speak with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and in Paris on
Saturday with French President Francois Hollande.
Juncker said that any lengthening of the adjustment period «will depend on the finding of the troika mission." | 
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