"What we want is a deal. But if there is no deal - hopefully
(there will be) - and if we see that Germany remains rigid and
wants to blow apart Europe, then we have the obligation to go to
Plan B. Plan B is to get funding from another source," he told
Greek television show that ran in to early Tuesday. "It could
the United States at best, it could be Russia, it could be China
or other countries," he said.
Kammenos is the leader of Independent Greeks, a nationalist
anti-bailout party that is the junior coalition partner of Prime
Minister Alexis Tsipras' radical left Syriza party.
Greece is seeking a new debt agreement with the euro zone that
will allow it to shake off much of the austerity that has been
imposed by a European Union/International Monetary Fund bailout
since 2010.
The euro zone, particularly Germany, has shown no willingness to
ease its requirement that Greece make deep budget cuts and
economic reforms.
(Reporting by Angeliki Koutantou; Editing by Jeremy Gaunt and
Louise Ireland)
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