the Germans expressing reservations.

The view from Latvia has been expressed by President Laimdota Straujuma, speaking on state broadcaster Deutschlankfunk (dlf.de) this morning.

Straujuma said that the Latvian parliament would have to vote on any new bailout. It would be the first time it had been directly involved, as during bailouts 1 and 2, the country was not yet part of the Euro. She told DLF she would have difficulty persuading her parliament to support such a move.

“It will be very hard for me to persuade the parliament. And for the parliament it will be difficult to vote for it, because the average Pension in Latvia is considerably less than in Greece, and if you were to ask the Latvians today whether they are willing to lend money to Greece, you can probably guess what their answer would be.”

Straujuma said that discussions with her counterparts in the other Baltic states of Estonia and Lithuania - all of whom have gone through extensive periods of austerity and reform implementation - had shown they were of the same opinion.

“At the moment I see no reason for Latvia to give money to Greece,” Straujuma said, adding:

“Humanitarian aid is another matter. If money is needed for Greek hospitals or for medicines, the Latvians will help. Greece is an EU member, but it’s the Greek government that is responsible for what happens”.

and his referendum stunt have done untold damage to Greece's already shakey credibility with all of its European partners.

He showed himself to be in bad faith and untrustworthy. And now, he expects the EU to trust him again, as if the referendum had never happened.

Just what school of conflict management and negotiating did he go to?

Shameless, unconscionable...

worse and worse.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026959728

all around.

Hell, I wonder if "Mutti" can sell this to her own party and the Bundestag? A lot of Germans are mighty steamed by all this and they certainly don't trust Tsipras (and pretty much any Greek government in general).

So until the t's are crossed and the i's dotted (with the occasional ü here and there), this could still all end in tears.

Incompetent and reckless leaders like Tsipras have a lot to answer for.

Who the hell can trust a clown that pulls a stunt like that half-assed referendum?

Even the French don't trust the Greek 'guignole', but they know they have to deal with him, at least for now.

The hardline globalists are never going to budge, really.