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| Subject: Funny: EU welcomes 11th-hour Greek proposals in 'forceps delivery' Mon Jun 22, 2015 3:50 am | |
| The European Union welcomed new proposals from Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras as a "good basis for progress" at talks on Monday where creditors want 11th-hour concessions to haul Athens back from the brink of bankruptcy.
EU chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker's chief-of-staff spoke of a "forceps delivery" as officials worked late into the night to produce a deal ahead of a summit of euro zone leaders in Brussels that they hope can keep Greece in the currency bloc.
Giving no detail of a proposal he said was also received by the European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund, German EU official Martin Selmayr tweeted: "Good basis for progress at ... Euro Summit. In German: 'eine Zangengeburt'."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/22/us-eurozone-greece-idUSKBN0P10JN20150622?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews |
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