That crossed my mind when I was writing the earlier comments. But my memory’s shot, so I just couldn’t remember what their stance was. Ho hum, old age sucks.

Meanwhile:

  • Eurogroup’s Jucker says radically opposed to total restructuring of Greek debt
  • It is important that Greece takes budget reforms very seriously
  • Greece must know solidarity has limits if people get impression Greece is lacking necessary solidarity (that’s a very thinly-vieled threat, that is)
  • Soft restructuring of Greek debt would not be an isolated measure, but part of a comprehensive package with focus on reforms