German poll favours Greek exit

The majority of Germans feel the eurozone would be better off if debt-crippled Greece left it, a poll published in prominent newspaper Bild am Sonntag showed yesterday.

The Emnid poll showed 53% of Germans surveyed thought Greece should return to its former currency, the drachma, while only 34% felt it should keep the euro.

Eurozone ministers hoped to meet today to finalise the second Greek bailout, which must be in place by mid-March to prevent a chaotic default, but the meeting was postponed due to Athens’s reluctance to commit to reforms.