Germany's Schaeuble says pension reforms tough issue in talks with Greece

[February 12, 2016]  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Friday that pension reforms remain a major sticking point in talks with Greece, which needs to pass the unpopular plans as part of a multi-billion euro bailout deal with international creditors.

"A particularly difficult point remains the pension reforms," Schaeuble said in Brussels after a meeting of euro zone finance ministers. "The system of old age provision must be made sustainable."

(Reporting by Tom Koerkemeier; Writing by Joseph Nasr; Editing by Caroline Copley)

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