* Germany says Greece must do more on budget woes
* Germany sees no reason why Greece can't tackle woes alone
* German cabinet didn't address Greek woes at Wednesday meet
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BERLIN, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Greece must take additional steps to resolve its budgetary problems and there is no reason to doubt it can do so alone, a spokesman for the German Finance Ministry said on Wednesday.
Fitch Ratings cut Greece's debt to BBB+ on Tuesday with a negative outlook, the first time in 10 years a major ratings agency put Greece below an A grade, citing fiscal deterioration in the euro zone's weakest member.
"We support Greece on its path to budget consolidation," the ministry spokesman told a regular government news conference. "It is undisputed that Greece needs to take additional measures."
He noted that Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou had said Greece could rely on its own strength.
"There is no reason to doubt that should be possible," the
German ministry spokesman said, adding that he saw no need to
address the question of whether the euro
A German government spokesman added at the same news conference that the cabinet did not discuss Greece's public finances at a regular meeting earlier on Wednesday.
"But Greece's developments are of course being followed closely in the framework of the Eurogroup and Ecofin," he added.
Earlier on Wednesday, a senior academic adviser to the German Finance Ministry said Germany should resist any pressure to come to Greece's financial rescue because such a move would be "catastrophic". [ID:nGEE5B80Y7] (Reporting by Dave Graham and Paul Carrel; Editing by Ron Askew)