ATHENS (Reuters) - Athens may ask its euro zone partners that its second bailout, agreed by EU leaders in July, expire a year earlier than currently planned because of a higher than expected deficit, newspaper Kathimerini said on Tuesday.
"Athens is expected to propose that the new aid program does not last until 2014 but until the end of 2013, so that the 109 billion euros are sufficient to cover Greece's increased(financing) needs, because of the higher budget deficit," the newspaper said, without citing sources.
The paper reiterated a report it published on Saturday that the government wants to ease the deficit targets of 7.6 and 6.5 percent of GDP for 2011 and 2012 to help the economy emerge from a three-year recession.
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