Greece Says A Deal Is Close — But Germany Says Nein

Mike Bird, Business Insider
Fri, 05/22/2015 - 12:12am

After Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Riga during a European summit on Thursday night, Athens believes a deal is close — but not everyone agrees. The last few days have seen a flurry of Greek government spokespeople rushing to say that the bailout agreement was in its final stages would soon be finished— following Yanis Varoufakis' suggestion that Athens would have a deal within a week.

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