Volker Wieland on the situation in Greece (CNBC)

After the eurozone countries and the Greek government have agreed on discussing a third bailout Prof. Volker Wieland comments on the situation in Greece in an interview with CNBC.

"This is just a chance at getting towards a program that is promoting growth and reforms, it is not yet in place," Wieland warned. Even then the agreement had to be implemented. "We don't know if the government will be able to do that".

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The doubts Wieland expressed in the interview with CNBC were taken up by the American news site Newsmax.com ("Analysts debate Greece's future"). Wielands comments regarding chancellor Merkel's stance towards a debt relief for Greece were cited by the Canadian financial website Marketpulse.com ("Greece starts paying back the ECB").