. >> our political correspondent terry martin joins us.sell's welcome to the request from athens as a first step -- a brussels welcomed the request methods as a first step. why is germany finding it differently? >> if you look at statements from berlin and brussels they are pretty much saying the same thing. of course, berlin is being specific in its rejection of the greek proposal. the spokesman for the german finance ministry said that the proposal is not a "substantive" proposal for a solution. that it does not recognize the criteria that were apparently agreed to on monday within the eurogroup. it says that it is more of a bridge financing request. but what brussels is saying is a bit more diplomatic. it says it is a first good step. what is a first good step? it means it is not enough. so it seems that the eurogroup as a whole does not feel the request from athens contains the language it was looking for. >> does the finance minister wolfgang scheibe up -- wolfgang schaeuble's reaction nero the rest of the government? >> it has cost a

for more, we're joined by terry martin in our parliamentary studios. tell us about chancellor merkel and germany and its strategy in all of this. >> despite the continued fighting in eastern ukraine germany is not giving up on its initiative in the region. germany knowledge is that -- germany acknowledges that the cease-fire is under strain. a government spokesman said today that the separatist offensive was a massive violation of the cease-fire, but germany says even though the cease-fire may be damaged, it is not dead. chancellor merkel is clearly holding out hope that something can be salvaged run this he's fire. chancellor merkel costs spokesman asked if germany is ready to see weapons being sent to ukraine and the german government says it is not ready to change its position. >> the other positive is that all sides are set to talk, as i mentioned before. what is expected out of those talks? >> expectations of those talks are very low. very little is being said about the prospect of a telephone conference that is supposed to happen this evening. th

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