March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou set a one-week deadline for the European Union to craft a financial aid mechanism for Greece, challenging Germany to give up its doubts about a rescue package.
Papandreou said he may turn to the International Monetary Fund to overcome Greeces debt crisis unless leaders agree to set up a lending facility at a summit March 25-26. (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a8gB0DOOXg.A&pos=3#)
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March 18 (CNN) -- Greece wants to take responsibility for its budget crisis and is not looking for outside financial help, its prime minister said Thursday.
"We're not asking for help as some reckless country just wanting to live off the wealth of others," George Papandreou told the European Parliament in Brussels.
"We're not asking for money from the Germans, the French or the Italians, or other workers or the taxpayers."
