It’s the meeting that had to happen. A radical left-wing Greek prime minister and a centre-right German chancellor whose ministers have been urging her to throw Greece out of the eurozone.
At less than 24 hours’ notice the European Commission has vetoed a key law set to be passed by the Greek parliament tomorrow.
The European deal done six days ago was supposed to stabilise the Greek debt crisis. But the situation in Greece is still critical.
Instead of “we were kicked out”, it would be sold as “we escaped” – and I think however positively today’s deal is spun, the push for Grexit will grow stronger as constraints become obvious.
For the second time in 24 hours, Greek negotiators at the EU summit in Brussels, believe that Germany has stymied an agreement over extending their stricken country’s debt facility.
Citing finance ministry sources, the website Left.gr have put detail into what they believe the Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has proposed to the Eurogroup:
Though the Greek PM is still talking tough, a Greek exit from the Eurozone is looking ever more possible. But a planned demonstration of public emotion could yet have the most impact of all.
Alexis Tsipras is deciding who should run which ministry in Greece. But how does Syriza take over a state whose armed forces and police are configured to suppress the left?
In Assos, a sleepy farming village in the gulf of Corinth, the far-left Syriza party got 121 votes in the election 10 years ago. On Sunday it should top the polls – easily.
Some of the Syriza members I spoke to are, privately, still not sure they even want to govern. But one thing is certain: when you look him in the eye, Alexis Tsipras most definitely does.
Police release video of an “airborne battalion of anarchists”, using Parkour to evade capture in a recent riot. Welcome to Greece as its parliament prepares to elect a president.
As Greece heads towards rerun elections, Channel 4 News Economics Editor Faisal Islam considers whether Europe is heading for a stormy political and economic earthquake