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A German state finance minister said Greece had to help itself out of its precarious fiscal situation and could not expect Germany or the European Union to bail it out

Chancellor Angela Merkel has so far deflected appeals ..

But an outraged Mr Pangalos lashed back, saying: 'They took away the Greek gold that was at the Bank of Greece, they took away the Greek money and they never gave it back.

'I don't say they have to give back the money necessarily but they have at least to say "thanks".

'And they shouldn't complain so much about stealing and not being very specific about economic dealings,' he said.


Opinion polls show most Greeks want to give the government time.