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Merkel, Sarkozy Convinced Greece's Future Is In Euro Zone - SpokesmanLast update: 9/14/2011 2:26:07 PMBERLIN (Dow Jones)--German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are convinced that Greece's future is within the euro zone, Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert said in a statement after the two leaders had a three-way conference call with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou. But Merkel and Sarkozy during the call also stressed the need for Greece to put into practice in a strict and effective way its austerity program under a current bailout package, Seibert said. "That is a prerequisite for the payment of future tranches of the program," Seibert said. "The Greek prime minister has reaffirmed the absolute determination of his government to take all necessary measures to put into practice given commitments in its entirety," he added. That is also necessary for a return of the Greek economy to sustainable growth, Merkel and Sarkozy agreed, according to Seibert's statement. The two leaders also said in order to guarantee the stability of the euro zone, it is essential to put into practice the decisions taken by euro-zone leaders at a July 21 summit. The leaders then agreed to widen the scope of the euro zone's current rescue fund, the European Financial Stability Facility, to give it powers to buy bonds in the secondary market. Earlier, they had decided to widen the EFSF's actual lending capacity to EUR440 billion. Both measures still are pending approval by some European parliaments, among them Germany's Bundestag. -By Bernd Radowitz, Dow Jones Newswires; +49-160-9058-9080;
bernd.radowitz@dowjones.com (END) Dow Jones NewswiresSeptember 14, 2011 14:26

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