European leaders stepped up pressure on Greek politicians to accept the conditions for a 130 billion-euro ($171 billion) bailout, saying time was running out.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy met German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Paris today as Greece's interim prime minister, Lucas Papademos, and chiefs of the three parties supporting him sought to find consensus in Athens. They agreed in a five-hour meeting yesterday to make additional reductions this year equal to 1.5 percent of gross domestic product.
"I can't quite understand why we need a few more days — time is running out," Merkel said today in a joint briefing with Sarkozy.
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