Germany, EU, IMF want Greece to reschedule debts

BERLIN, May 14 (Business Recorder): The EU Commission, the IMF and Germany are calling for Greece to reschedule its massive debt burden, due to the deteriorating situation, the German daily Die Welt says in its Saturday edition. Citing unnamed sources, Die Welt reports that the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Union executive arm and the government in Berlin believe prolonging the repayment terms on some loans to Greece has become the least worst option to save the country from defaulting. "When you look at the new data, you know the situation has changed," a European Commission source was quoted as saying. However the European Central bank and France remain opposed to any such debt restructuring, the article added. EU Commission spokesman on economic affairs Amadeu Altafaj, dismissed the report as "absurd information." "A restructuring of Greek debt is out of the question," he told the reporters. Eurozone and EU finance ministers are expected to discuss Greece at meetings Monday and Tuesday.