Athens denies it will have to quit eurozone

Greece’s finance minister rejected speculation on the 10 June 2010 that the country was headed for a sovereign default and would be forced to leave the eurozone.

George Papaconstantinou described as 'ridiculous' media reports in the past few days that a restructuring of Greek debt was imminent in spite of a €110bn bail-out last month by its eurozone partners and the International Monetary Fund.

ESO: Background information: The Greek debt crisis of 2010 http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-greek-debt-crisis-key-sources/

ESO: Background information: EU and IMF agree €720bn boost for rescue plan http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-and-imf-agree-e720bn-boost-for-rescue-plan/

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