Greeks Will Always Have Paris as Bailout Extension Looms

Antonis Samaras’s plans to sever an international lifeline that has kept Greece afloat since 2010 are adrift, after representatives of the Greek government and its creditors failed to break a deadlock over future financing in talks that ran deep into the Parisian night.

The annual ritual of haggling over budget numbers, a feature of Greece’s scrutiny since its 2010 bailout, took to the road this year with two rounds of negotiations in the French capital that broke up yesterday.