Eurozone sees no risk of Germany derailing Greek bailout

Greece's bailout program will proceed as planned, eurozone financial leaders said Monday, shrugging off concerns that the new German government may harden its stance on the aid plan and debt relief for Athens.

After German elections in September, Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right party will start talks next week to form a coalition government with the Greens and the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP), whose leader has criticized outgoing Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble for not being tough enough on Greece.

The head of eurozone finance ministers, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, said the agreement on the Greek 86-billion-euro bailout was "solid" and could not be changed by new governments. "Individual elections in individual countries cannot change the program," Dijsselbloem told reporters on his arrival at a meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Luxembourg.
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