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Greece failed yesterday to secure a quick cash payment from the eurozone rescue fund to help stave off potential bankruptcy next month, raising pressure on Athens to deliver a convincing reform programme within days.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has rejected calls from the head of the European Stability Mechanism to adhere to a €3.1bn adjustment – insisting the Government will stick to a different target.

German chancellor Angela Merkel looks set to receive wide parliamentary backing for plans to boost the Eurozone rescue fund before she heads to a high-stakes European summit.

GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel may fall short of a majority in her own coalition for a crucial reform of the eurozone rescue fund meant to stop a sovereign debt crisis spreading, in what would be a severe blow to her authority, a test vote has showed.