Greece gets a ‘water boarding’ as it strives to stay afloat

GREECE just got to the starting line after 17 hours of what was described by one EU diplomat as “water boarding” on its path to staying in the eurozone, writes Ann Cahill

The way ahead is littered with obstacles, any one of which could torpedo the Greeks’ plans. And even if they manage to achieve what is in effect a big chunk of their bailout programme, they could still fail the final test.

Prime minister Alexis Tsipras is reasonably well assured of crossing the first major hurdle of getting a majority of the Greek parliament to vote for the seven pages of mammoth legal changes to his country.