Different delivery, but one common message to Greece's new leaders

Rome

IN Paris and Rome, it was sugar coated; in Berlin and Frankfurt, unequivocal. But the message from European capitals to Greece's new leaders was the same at every stop on last week's tour: stick to your commitments.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will head to his first European summit this Thursday duly warned that it will be near impossible - as Athens wants - to rip up pledges made during the country's four-year international bailout. Mr Tsipras and his aides were also advised to learn the ways of diplomatic custom.