According to sources, Germany and Greece are heading into an emergency meeting with official creditors today, setting the stage for a clash over Greek debt and Greece’s monetary union with the Eurozone.
The repercussions of a Greek exit and Eurozone break-up could be catastrophic for both the European and global economies.
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble rejected Greece’s call for a new debt accord, while Greece’s new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras remained defiant, saying there is “no way back” for his government, and that he can’t condemn his people to more pain.
“We will not get a clean close to this crisis today,” Michael O’Sullivan, chief investment officer for the U.K. and Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Credit Suisse Private Banking in London, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television. “I think this will drag on. The Greeks have digested a record amount of austerity, so they’ll want some relief from that.”
Any agreement would require an easing of Germany’s stance over conditions attached to Greece’s 240 billion-euro ($272 billion) bailout. A non-settlement risks leaving Greece without funding as of the end of this month, when its current bailout expires, and it may put Europe’s most-indebted state’s euro membership in danger.
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