This is not a cause for optimism - strong possibility that deal is agreed and then voted down in national parliaments, implies Germany and France on a totally different page of the book, Germany leaves?
08-Jul-2015 15:38 - FRENCH PM VALLS SAYS GREECE NEEDS CLARITY ON HOW ITS DEBT WILL BE TREATED
08-Jul-2015 15:40 - FRENCH PM VALLS SAYS STEPS TO IMPROVE EURO ZONE GOVERNANCE MUST BE ACCELERATED
08-Jul-2015 15:25 - FRENCH PM VALLS SAYS GREECE EXIT WOULD HAVE GEOPOLITICAL CONSEQUENCES, IMPACT FOR WORLD ECONOMY
08-Jul-2015 15:34 - FRANCE'S VALLS SAYS FOR GREECE TO EXIT EURO ZONE WOULD BE SIGN OF IMPOTENCE, FRANCE REFUSES TO SEE THAT HAPPEN
08-Jul-2015 15:36 - FRANCE'S VALLS SAYS THE BASICS OF A GREEK DEAL HAVE BEEN LAID OUT, A DEAL IS WITHIN GRASP
France refuses to see Greece leave euro zone - PM Valls - RTRS
08-Jul-2015 15:39
PARIS, July 8 (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said maintaining Greece in the euro zone was a geopolitical priority for Europe and that any development that weakened Greece would impact the global economy.
"Keeping Greece in the euro and therefore in the heart of Europe and the EU is something of the utmost geostrategic and geopolitical importance," Valls, delivering a government statement on Greece to parliament, said.
"Allowing Greece to exit the euro zone would be an admission of impotence - France refuses that," Valls said, adding that a deal between Athens and creditors was "within grasp".
from Marc Ostwald
