Greece has 'categorically denied' any plan to ditch the euro after a report said the country was thinking of pulling out of the single currency zone.
The denial came from a source in the Greek prime minister's office quoted by the AFP news agency.
'Articles like this only serve to undermine the efforts that we have been making and help the speculators. We categorically deny this report,' said the source.
The comments came after an article appeared on the online version of Germany's Der Spiegel magazine, which reported that Greece had raised the possibility of such an exit during recent meetings and that it would bring the subject up again at a meeting in Luxembourg later tonight.
The head of the Eurogroup, Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, also denied that crisis euro zone talks were being staged that could see Greece exit the euro.
'This information is totally false,' his spokesman Guy Schueller told AFP. 'There is no Eurogroup meeting taking place or planned this weekend,' he underlined.
Amadeu Altafaj, spokesman for Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Ollie Rehn, also dismissed the report.
A German government source also told Reuters that there were no plans for Greece to leave the euro zone. 'An exit is not planned and was not planned,' the source said. The Department of Finance said it had no comment on the reports.
