German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has warned the European Union not to allow Greece fall into “chaos”, amid sharp divisions among members over the migrant crisis.Austria and several Balkan countries had introduced restrictions stranding migrants in Greece.
But Mrs Merkel said that EU nations had not battled to keep Greece in the Euro just to leave it “in the lurch”.
She also defended her decision to open German borders to migrants, despite a resulting slump in her popularity.
In the coming weeks, she would face a major test when voters go to the polls in three German states.
On Greece, she said: “Do you seriously believe that all the euro states, last year, fought all the way to keep Greece in the Eurozone, and we were the strictest, can one year later allow Greece to, in a way, plunge into chaos?.”
Greece is the main entry point for migrants arriving in Europe, and was infuriated after a group of countries led by Austria installed controls.
It recalled its ambassador to Austria after the group held talks, but did not invite Greece.
A key meeting is scheduled on March 7 between EU members and Turkey and a further summit due later that month.
More than one million people arrived to claim asylum in 2015, sparking opposition within her governing coalition and a rise in far-right extremism.
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