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Germany, whose relations with Athens are strained over the Greek government's reluctance to reform, also weighed in against Tsipras's remarks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>"By European standards, this was very unusual foul play. We don't do that in the Eurogroup, that's not appropriate," a spokesman from German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Monday during a regular press conference in Berlin.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Greece will run out of cash this month and needs new euro zone loans to avoid default. It can only get them if it implements reforms the previous Greek government promised, but which Tsipras has vowed to discontinue.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Countries that had to implement their own reforms, such as Ireland, Portugal and Spain, argue Greece should not get preferential treatment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>"The Portuguese government was a bit perplexed by the statements (by Tsipras)," Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho said on Monday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>"It is a natural demand that we were demanding, as other governments were demanding, that the Greek government express, in a clear way, its willingness to meet the responsibilities taken on by Greece in the past," Coelho said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>"It cannot be considered, in any way, as an attempt to overthrow governments, or conspire against governments, whatsoever," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy commented on Sunday that his country, which was struggling with its own financial problems, had lent billions of euros to help Greece and that it was not responsible "for the frustration generated by the radical Greek left that promised the Greeks something it couldn't deliver on."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The European Commission confirmed it had received complaints from Portugal and Spain.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>"The complaint, including a request to comment, from the Spanish and Portuguese governments has been communicated to the Commission over the weekend and this is regarding the statement of Prime Minister Tsipras," a Commission spokeswoman told the daily news briefing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>"We are now in close contact with all actors involved ... in order to ensure there is unity among EU member states and especially among the EU states of the euro zone," she 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