Rolling coverage as eurozone finance ministers and leaders hold crucial talks on the Greek bailout crisisIntroduction: A dramatic day lies aheadThe agenda: Many meetings 7.24am BST Today will be packed with top level meetings. Here’s the running order: 7.15am BST Good morning.Hope you all had a relaxing weekend, because today should be as dramatic as anything we’ve seen since the eurozone crisis began over five years ago. New Greek proposal received by @JunckerEU, @Lagarde, @ecb. Good basis for progress at tomorrow's EuroSummit. In German: "eine Zangengeburt".@GreekAnalyst @MartinSelmayr @JunckerEU @Lagarde @ecb not so much forceps delivery as Caesarian section, I'd say. But to what end?Brussels sources also signalled moves to address Tsipras’s key demand – that the creditors need to offer debt relief to Greece.Some form of debt restructuring would be promised to Athens in the future, but it would come with strings attached and not as part of the current bailout package, they said. Related: Greek debt crisis: Tsipras concessions welcomed as 'good basis for progress' Midsummer's Night Celebration in Brussels' EU Commission. #Greece pic.twitter.com/bIFl3Yd1G4 Continue reading...
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