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Merkel. Bundesbank says Greece will need more German money after the September election (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

Merkel accused of 'lying' over new Greek bailout

German opposition parties have piled pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel after the country's central bank claimed that Greece would need a further loosening of the terms of its rescue package.

The attacks come after German weekly Der Spiegel quoted a leaked internal report by the Bundesbank saying the EU would "certainly agree a new aid programme for Greece...

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Merkel. Bundesbank says Greece will need more German money after the September election (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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