Latest headlines suggest discord
Ed Conway, the economic editor of Sky News cites a source in Greek negotiations and says talks are "Not going well... Greeks backtracking significantly. Measures not credible. Don't know if there'll be deal."
The latest proposal from the Troika has also been rejected. They offered a $17.3 billion proposal today and right away Tsipras was talking blackmail and whatnot so news of the rejections shouldn't come as a big surprise.
The Troika is trying to push through a short-term extension because time is on their side. Tsipras is strong politically right now but in 5 months he might be weaker and that's what the Troika is betting on. Tsipras knows he has a fairly strong hand right now and wants to negotiate a longer-term deal.
The risk is that there is no deal at all. Varoufakis is said to be back at the table and will be leading Saturday's round of talks.
The text that was given to the Greek side is worse than the memorandum," one was quoted as saying by the Athens news agency.
Update: The second part of the rejection argues that the Troika proposal is unviable because the $17.3B offered isn't enough to cover Greece's financing needs over the next 5 months. Syriza is pondering 'many' scenarios and refuses to recycle the vicious circle of austerity, according to the Guardian.
