• Greece needs all party consensus like Ireland’s
  • Will do everything to support Greece, but “no way round reforms”
  • Euro states need assurance on post election Greece
  • Signatures of more Greek parties would be welcome
  • Sees “basis” for decision on Greece on Feb 20
  • Goal is to stabilize Greece and the whole euro region

Headlines from Bloomberg and EUR/USD got a bit of lift on the comments from Kotthaus to around 1.3160