BRUSSELS – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras confronts European leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel at his first EU summit Thursday, after his government failed to secure a deal on renegotiating its huge bailout.Tsipras warned ahead of the Brussels summit that the EU was now at a “turning point” following the breakdown of talks on the Greek debt crisis between eurozone finance ministers Wednesday night.The start of the summit was delayed until 1400 GMT after Merkel and French President Francois Hollande stayed through the night in the Belarussian capital to seal a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the Ukraine conflict.Tsipras …read more
Source: AsiaOne
