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Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
Mon Jul 13, 2015, 03:29 AM Jul 2015

We have "Greekment", as they're calling it. Eurozone 'agreement' on Greece debt.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33503955

Greece debt crisis: Eurozone summit 'reaches agreement'


Eurozone leaders reach "agreement" with Greece on new debt deal, Belgian prime minister says, after marathon talks.

Breaking - will update

Update:

A spokesman for the Cypriot government, Nikos Christodoulides, tweeted: "Seems we have a deal."

Details of any agreement were not immediately clear. Eurozone leaders have been meeting in Brussels for more than 16 hours.

Update:

Eurozone leaders have reached a "unanimous" agreement after marathon talks over a third bailout for Greece, EU President Donald Tusk has said.

He tweeted that a bailout programme was "all ready to go" for Greece, "with serious reforms and financial support".

Details of the agreement were not immediately clear. Eurozone leaders have been meeting in Brussels for more than 16 hours.

Greece is expected to pass reforms demanded by the eurozone by Wednesday.

More here:

http://www.france24.com/en/20150713-liveblog-greece-crisis-summit-tsipras-merkel-hollande-schauble

Live: Greek 'compromise' proposed after all-night talks


The leaders of Greece, Germany, France and the EU reached a "compromise" on a bailout deal for Athens at late-night talks on Monday which will now be put to the rest of the eurozone, EU sources say. Follow the latest on our liveblog.

* The leaders of the eurozone’s 19 members resumed talks at 4am in Brussels on Monday in a last-ditch effort to prevent Greece from being forced out of the single currency.

* Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande and summit chairman Donald Tusk proposed a ‘compromise’ agreement shortly after negotiations resumed, a European source told AFP.
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We have "Greekment", as they're calling it. Eurozone 'agreement' on Greece debt. (Original Post) Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 OP
Tsipras blinked. joshcryer Jul 2015 #1
The ATMs were out of cash Algernon Moncrieff Jul 2015 #2
Very dicey geopolitical moment. Germany knows perfectly well that Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #4
Yes, he should be ousted even now. joshcryer Jul 2015 #5
Majorly. Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #3
Yep. He blinked. One can imagine a few different reasons for it. GoneFishin Jul 2015 #6
Morton’s Fork Unknown Beatle Jul 2015 #7
Rock? or Hard Place? - nowhere else to go. Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #8
Scylla and Charybdis. Seems somehow more fitting to use that version of the metaphor. n/t Igel Jul 2015 #9
Yes, this is indeed an economic Odyssey on a grand scale. Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #10

Algernon Moncrieff

(5,790 posts)
2. The ATMs were out of cash
Mon Jul 13, 2015, 03:39 AM
Jul 2015

.
.and food & medicine were not far behind. The Eurozone exit scenario would have meant short term chaos and (IMO) a coup.

However, Germany can't get too out of hand. I'm sure Putin could choose to be very helpful to Greece.

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
4. Very dicey geopolitical moment. Germany knows perfectly well that
Mon Jul 13, 2015, 03:43 AM
Jul 2015

a collapsing, Russian-leaning Greece on its southern flank is not in its or the EU's interest.

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)
5. Yes, he should be ousted even now.
Mon Jul 13, 2015, 06:04 AM
Jul 2015

Given that the referendum was against this.

It was going to be bad either way.

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
8. Rock? or Hard Place? - nowhere else to go.
Mon Jul 13, 2015, 06:27 AM
Jul 2015




The mountain sheep is in the same uncomfortable position as the ill-fated Greek people.
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