Germany Backs 4-Month Extension of Greece’s Bailout

BERLIN — German lawmakers voted on Friday overwhelmingly to extend the terms of Greece’s bailout by four more months, despite growing misgivings over Athens’s willingness to make economic overhauls viewed in Berlin as necessary to ensure a long-term recovery.

Wolfgang Schäuble, Germany’s finance minister, urged lawmakers to support the extension to ensure Europe’s future success, even as he conceded that doing so was “not easy for me.”

“This is not about new billions for Greece, not about changing this program,” Mr. Schäuble said. “It’s about providing additional time to completing this program successfully.”

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