ECB financing to Greek banks ‘cannot be lowered’: France

PARIS: France’s finance minister warned the European Central Bank against lowering its level of emergency financing to Greek banks and said it was up to Athens to make new proposals on its debt crisis.

The amount of funding provided by the ECB through its Emergency Liquidity Assistance “cannot be lowered,” Michel Sapin said ahead of a meeting by the bank to make a decision on the lifeline which could determine if Greece’s economy stays afloat.