Intense Greek talks for debt deal continue
Parties backing Greece's coalition government are meeting again Monday in an effort to reach an austerity deal with rescue creditors, needed to avert bankruptcy in March, after a weekend of negotiations failed.
(AP) Parties backing Greece's coalition government are meeting again Monday in an eleventh-hour effort to reach an austerity deal with rescue creditors, needed to avert bankruptcy in March, after an intense weekend of negotiations failed to produce a breakthrough.
Prime Minister Lucas Papademos will meet leaders of three parties backing his coalition — which all publicly oppose steep cuts in private sector pay demanded by negotiators representing eurozone lenders and the International Monetary Fund.
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