BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her hardline Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Sunday hailed a dramatic change in Greece’s approach to its debt crisis ahead of a key parliamentary vote in Berlin on a fresh bailout.

Before German MPs are asked to approve a third rescue package for the debt-mired eurozone partner on Wednesday, Merkel said Athens’ new willingness to embrace reforms was down in part to Berlin’s—and in particular Schaeuble’s—unyielding stance.

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