The election of Greece's anti-austerity party Syriza has driven concern about whether Athens is on a collision course with the EU over its bailout program - after its leftist leader Alexis Tsipras vowed to abandon painful spending cuts.
Eurozone Finance Ministers meeting in Brussels are discussing Greece's progress in delivering reforms in exchange for another 7 and a half billion euro in february - a deadline which was already delayed from December due to budget disagreements.
International creditors including the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and EU countries say Greece must keep its end of the deal.
But Syriza wants to introduce a spending package to help Greece's poor who've suffered under the country's austerity drive in addition to writing off its debt.
Walking into the Brussels talks, the Eurogroup's President Jeroen Dijsselbloem [PRON: yeh-ro-en die-zel-bloom"] said that option was unlikely.
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As he entered talks, The Eurogroup's President Jeroen Dijsselbloem [PRON: yeh-ro-en die-zel-bloom"] said Brussels will await any new demands from Athens…
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