Greek deal: Resolution leaves atmosphere of broken trust in its wake

The latest save-the-euro summit turned into open season on Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras.

Leaders from German chancellor Angela Merkel on down fretted about the “trust” shattered by Tsipras during more than five months in power, which was the European way of saying that the anti-austerity populist had to bend.

It was a night that split Greece’s supporters among euro countries, such as Italy, from hardliners led by Germany that sought yet more austerity. In 17 hours of meetings in Brussels, leaders grabbed naps, separated into subgroups to go over proposals line-by-line and threatened to leave town more than once.