**Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin later to discuss Greece’s financial crisis.**Mr Papandreou hopes for a commitment from Germany to provide support for Greece if it can not raise the money it needs from the financial markets.
But the German economy minister said his government “does not intend to give a cent” to Greece in financial aid.
Many Germans do not support their taxes being used for bailouts.
There are also fears that rescuing one country could encourage others to expect the same.
Raising funds
On Wednesday, Mr Papandreou revealed further tax rises and spending cuts that have gone down very badly with public sector workers, but could reduce the risk of Greece needing help.
On Thursday, his government went to the financial markets to borrow money and saw its 5bn euro ($6.8bn; £4.5bn) bond issue oversubscribed.
But Greece will need to borrow more in the coming months - more than $70bn for the year as a whole.
Mr Papandreou has suggested that Greece might go to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for help.
But the other countries in the eurozone would not welcome what would be seen as a sign that they could not fix their own problems.
The president of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, has dismissed the idea of the IMF providing financial aid for Greece.
“I do not trust that it would be appropriate to have the introduction of the IMF as a supplier of help through standby or through any kind of such help,” he told reporters in Frankfurt on Thursday.