MPs who sit on parliament’s finance and European affairs committees have been told to cut short their holidays and return for a debate on the latest aid package for Greece on Thursday.

The 17 eurozone leaders are scheduled to meet later on Thursday to discuss the new rescue plan but finance minister Jan Kees de Jager says he wants to hear parliament’s opinions first.
Prime minister Mark Rutte will not be at Thursday’s parliamentary debate because he needs to be in Brussels for the summit. Last week, Rutte said there was no point in holding the EU meeting unless a deal had already been agreed.
The Netherlands and Germany are keen to see private sector involvement in the bail-out, but most countries are opposed to this. They say such a move could lead to credit rating agencies declaring Greece bankrupt.
De Jager has told MPs he expects a concept proposal to be ready at 10.00 hours.
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