The Greek request on Tuesday for a new bailout from the eurozone took the Eurogroup by surprise.<br /><br /> A planned conference call was put back from Wednesday morning till late afternoon.<br /><br /> The Eurogroup will consider Athens’ request for a new bailout of 29.1 billion euros from the eurozone’s 500 billion euro rescue fund known as the European Stability Mechanism (ESM).<br /><br /> Some eurozone finance ministers are thought to be hostile to agreeing a new bailout when Greece could not accept the terms of the last offer.<br /><br /> The head of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem said Greece must change its stance towards its creditors before eurozone partners could make a decision, adding that any new programme may come with even tougher conditions than before.<br /><br /> “Asking for a new programme is always possible. Greece is a member of Eurozone and it’s a member of the ESM (European Stability Mechanism) and it can ask for financial support. That is quite a procedure to go through, the institutions will again have to
