MPs set Friday deadline for Greece statement from finance minister
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Add as a favourite source on Google Add DutchNews as a favourite source on GoogleParliament has given finance minister Jan Kees de Jager until Friday to send a briefing outlining various scenarios for Greece, including the effect of bankruptcy on the Netherlands, Nos television reports.
De Jager said yesterday the Netherlands is preparing a range of scenarios from ‘likely to unlikely’. The discussions are taking place ‘in deepest secrecy’ with the central bank, De Jager said.
Labour’s finance spokesman Ronald Plasterk said he thought it odd De Jager was giving the impression Greece was likely to go bankrupt when German chancellor Angela Merkel had not mentioned this option.
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