Germany urges Greece to implement reforms

Berlin - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble urged the new Greek government on Sunday to use a four-month extension it obtained for its financial rescue to implement its reform plan if it wanted to secure future help from abroad.

Last week Greece sent a list of reforms it plans to implement by the end of June to the Eurogroup of eurozone finance ministers, which then approved it, opening the way for the extension of the bailout.

Schaeuble told German television channel ARD that he had no guarantees that Athens would conduct reforms during the respite.