Just days before the EU's summit meeting on Greece's bailout plan, the country's new prime minister and incoming finance minister are both hospitalised.<br/> <br />Prime Minister Antonis Samaras underwent eye surgery on Saturday and the incoming finance minister was hospitalised on Friday after experiencing intense abdominal pain and dizziness.<br/> <br />Samaras, who is said to be in good condition, is expected to leave the hospital on Monday.<br/> <br />Greece's foreign minister and outgoing finance minister will attend the meeting in their stead, to ask for the terms of the 130 billion euro bailout to be loosened.<br/> <br />The unexpected turn of events forced the postponement of a visit to Athens on Monday by officials from the EU, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund.<br/> <br />Samaras' coalition government, sworn in last week, has called for the renegotiation of the bailout, which is keeping Greece from bankruptcy, but at the cost of harsh economic suffering.<br/> <br />The government faces a stern test at the two-day EU summit, with euro zone paymaster Germany particularly resistant to giving Athens any leeway.<br/> <br />Sarah Sheffer, Reuters
