Prime Minister's Questions

Angie has spoken on a number of occasions in the House of Commons Chamber since coming back from Parliament's Whitsun Recess. Last week she asked one of the opening questions during Prime Minister's Questions. She asked the Prime Minister to confirm that the only money we will be contributing to the Greek bailout will be through the IMF:

Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton) (Con): "Can the Prime Minister confirm that this country will not contribute a penny towards the Greek bail-out, other than what we contribute to the International Monetary Fund?"

The Prime Minister responded:

The Prime Minister: "My hon. Friend is right. We are senior members of the IMF. We sit on the IMF board. We obviously have responsibilities as members of the IMF, but what I am clear about is that we were not involved in the first Greek bail-out; we are not members of the eurozone; and we are not going to become members of the eurozone as long as I am standing here. I do not believe that the European financial mechanism should be used for Greece. We have made it very clear within Europe that we do not think that that is appropriate, and I do not think that that should happen."

An announcement then followed, last Friday 24th June, by EU leaders, confirming this position, and stating that the UK would not be directly contributing to the second Greek rescue package.

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