Monday, October 17, 2016

Greece pushes for debt to be written off as government popularity plummets

Greece's and its biggest creditors are meeting to begin discussions on whether the country should have some of its debt written off. 

The left wing Syriza government  is seeing its popularity plummet under austerity measures imposed by lenders who say Athens can't get debt relief without major labour market reform. 

Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock reports. 

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