German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for calm after a euro-area finance ministers' meeting on Greece descended into acrimony and name-calling.
Finance chiefs meeting in Riga, Latvia, on Friday, let loose at Yanis Varoufakis, their Greek counterpart, as they ruled out making a partial aid payment in exchange for a narrower program of reforms.
“It's important that we show understanding for each other,” Merkel told a crowd at a campaign event in Bremerhaven, Germany. While all sides are working toward a deal, “we don't know if this will work out,” she said.
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