Greek bailout: Angela Merkel accused of blackmailing Athens

Opposition politicians claim German chancellor and her finance minister, Wolfgang Schiuble, tried to split Europe on debt crisis

Angela Merkel and her finance minister, Wolfgang Schiuble, have come under sharp attack at home for their handling of the Greek crisis talks, with some opposition politicians accusing them of blackmailing Athens.

Ahead of a special session of the Bundestag on Friday at which Merkel, the German chancellor, will ask parliamentarians to support negotiations for a third bailout for Greece, some MPs accused her and Schiuble of deliberately trying to split Europe.

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#BoycottGermany - they owe the Greeks billions - always remember the facts over the pro EU fiction pic.twitter.com/EIwn6U4e82

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