Greek government rejects EU debt deal

Greek government rejects EU debt deal
Greek government rejects EU debt deal

Greek government rejects EU debt deal

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Talks between the Greek government and the EU collapsed shortly after they got started on Monday. Greece is trying to renegotiate the terms of its bailout package. The newly elected Greek government says it will not agree to the harsh austerity measure that had been imposed on Greece. EU finance ministers have remained insistent that Greece continue to uphold the previous terms. Endy Zemenides, executive director of Hellenic American Leadership Council, is currently in Washington lobbying the Obama administration to push the EU to adjust the terms of the deal. He joins us to discuss the Greek debt crisis. PHOTO: Greece’s Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, second from right, addresses media after a meeting of Eurogroup finance ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)