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There is tight security in Athens ahead a visit by German Chancellor1 Angela Merkel, her first since the eurozone crisis erupted nearly three years ago.
德国总理安吉拉·默克尔即将出访雅典,雅典城内目前戒备森严。这是欧元区债务危机近三年以来她首次访问雅典。
Mrs Merkel has been demonised by some Greek protesters Some 7,000 police officers are on duty, public gatherings2 are banned in certain areas of the city and protesters have been warned to "protect the peace".
The visit comes as Greece bids to pass new cuts of 13bn euros to qualify for more bailout cash.
While Germany has contributed the most money in the bailing5 out of Greece, the BBC Europe editor Gavin Hewitt says its chancellor is held responsible for demanding that Greece make swingeing(激烈的) cuts in exchange for the financing it has received.
Speaking on Monday, Jean-Claude Juncker, chairman of the Eurogroup finance ministers of the eurozone, raised the pressure on Greece, calling on the government to demonstrate it could implement6(实施,执行) planned reforms "by 18 October at the latest" to qualify for the next bailout instalment of 31.5bn euros.
He was speaking as the eurozone's new permanent fund to bail3 out struggling economies and banks was formally launched at the finance ministers' meeting.
There has been growing unrest in Greece at the planned new cutbacks.
Police have banned protests on Tuesday in much of central Athens, and within a 100-metre radius7 of the route Mrs Merkel's motorcade will travel - although two planned protests elsewhere in the city will go ahead.
On Monday, public order minister Nikos Dendias appealed to protesters to "protect the peace, and above all our country's prospects8 and our international image", Reuters news agency reported.
Mrs Merkel, a target for popular dissent9, will be in Athens for about six hours, and will have talks with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.
The meeting is a gamble, our correspondent says.
If there is chaos10 on the streets, it will only underline for the German public that Greece is a lost cause.
But Mrs Merkel's visit - her first to Greece in five years - is sending a symbolic11 message that she wants Greece to stay in the eurozone, our correspondent adds.
Meanwhile, the International Monetary12 Fund said on Monday that the global economic recovery was weakening, with government policies having failed to restore confidence.
It added that the risk of further deterioration13(恶化,退化) in the economic outlook was "considerable" and had increased.
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