Greek debt crisis: Stalling tactics could vault us all into a crisis

The US is increasingly concerned that EU officials are resigned to mopping up after default by Athens

Yanis Varoufakis: the Greek minister for finance thinks things are going well. Picture: Bloomberg
Yanis Varoufakis: the Greek minister for finance thinks things are going well. Picture: Bloomberg

So yet another Greek debt deadline has come and gone – but don’t worry, there will be another one along in three weeks. It’s been like that for months now, but patience is wearing thin among the other finance ministers of the Eurogroup.

A week ago, Friday’s meeting of finance ministers here in Riga was being built up as a more ...