ATHENS: German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble voiced doubts on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) on whether indebted Greece can live up to its fiscal promises, underlining the problems facing Athens on both the domestic and EU fronts.

His comments came on the day that the hard work for Greece’s new anti-austerity government began, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel saying an agreement on a four-month extension of Athens’ bailout was merely a “starting point.”

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