We cannot abandon Greece now, Chancellor Merkel says
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“We simply cannot abandon Greece now,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said late on Sunday, in an interview with German television network ARD.
Merkel accused Austria of the situation created on the Greek-fYRoM borders and underlined that she is in close contact with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. “The problem was created because Austria decided to accept up to 80 refugees daily,” she stated.
“We will meet on March 7 to discuss the issue. We did not keep Greece in the eurozone and then abandon a country member of the eurozone and the Schengen with so many problems,” she said.
Merkel also said Greece should have provided accommodation for 50,000 refugees, but it has not done so, however, “we cannot leave Greece alone.”
“When a country designates its borders, the other one must suffer. This is not my Europe,” the German Chancellor concluded.