GREECE/EC STANDOFF: Sensation as ‘Samaras already had deal with Troika’ leak hits European press

IS THE STORY CREDIBLE, & WHO LEAKED IT? Person or persons unknown leaked the ‘news’ 48 hours ago that Antonis Samaras had aready extracted huge concessions from the country’s lenders in a secret deal completed last November. The Slog tries to unravel truth from fiction. The Italian daily La Repubblica was first with the story, which has since been picked up by Open Europe and ForexLive. Although as yet not officially confirmed, the general feeling in Athens and Berlin is that the article “has official approval”. This is normal EU code for “was leaked”. Two questions now become important: i.



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