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		</div><p>A planned meeting of European Union leaders has been cancelled as crisis talks continue about Greece&#8217;s place in the single currency zone.</p>
<p>All 28 leaders, includingTaoiseach Enda Kenny, had been expected to attend a meeting in Brussels, but now talks will be confined to politicians from the eurozone countries.</p>
<p>A marathon session of talks involving finance ministers from the eurozone nations ended without agreement on Athens&#8217; proposals, which offer austerity measures in exchange for a fresh bailout, and will resume later.</p>
<p>European Council president Donald Tusk confirmed he had cancelled the meeting of all 28 members but said the leaders of the eurozone nations would meet this afternoon &#8220;and last until we conclude talks on Greece&#8221;.</p>
<p>The announcement that the European Council summit had been cancelled came after Mr Tusk spoke to the leader of the eurozone finance ministers&#8217; group, Jeroen Dijsselbloem.</p>
<p>Some eight hours of talks yesterday failed to make a breakthrough, with eurozone nations citing a lack of trust in Greece&#8217;s radical Syriza government implementing the austerity measures promised in exchange for a third bailout.</p>
<p>Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has offered to implement tax rises and spending cuts in return for a financial lifeline of €53.5bn to stave off bankruptcy and the possibility of crashing out of the euro.</p>
<p>Eurogroup president Mr Dijsselbloem said: &#8220;We had an in-depth discussion on Greek proposals. The issue of credibility and trust was discussed and also, of course, the financial issues involved.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Dutch finance minister added: &#8221; It is still very difficult, but work is still in progress.&#8221;</p>
<p>In Finland, there were reports that the coalition government was refusing to back further assistance for Greece.</p>
<p>In a sign of the increasingly desperate attempts to find a solution to the crisis, reports suggested that Germany was pushing the idea of a temporary five-year long Greek exit &#8211; Grexit &#8211; from the eurozone.</p>
<p>Theodoros Mihopoulos, who heads Mr Tsipras&#8217; office, said the report in Germany&#8217;s Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper &#8220;is completely denied&#8221;.</p>
<p>According to the report, the German finance ministry also proposed that the Greek government sells off some €50bn in unspecified property assets to pay off debts.</p>
<p>The report said that in exchange, Greece would remain in the EU and receive additional &#8220;growth enhancing, humanitarian and technical assistance&#8221;.</p>
<p>With Greece running out of money, and facing a July 20 demand for a €3bn payment to the European Central Bank, this weekend&#8217;s meetings in Brussels could hold the key to the country&#8217;s economic future.</p>
<p>Bank closures in Greece have been extended until Monday and Greeks are limited to withdrawing just €60 per day after the imposition of capital controls.</p>
<p>Tourists have been warned to take sufficient cash to cover expected costs and emergencies and to ensure they have supplies of their usual prescription medicines in case of shortages.</p>
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