Greece debt drama saved from eleventh-hour collapse
Germany's tough stance bothered creditors, with reports of an open row between Schauble, Draghi
Brussels
DAWN was breaking over Brussels and after 14 hours of talks, Europe's two most powerful leaders were ready to call it a night. Greece would get no bailout, and the nightmare of a euro exit would come true.
"At 6 am (0400 GMT), France and Germany had given up, the night would end with no deal," said a European official who witnessed round after round of talks putting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande at the same table with crisis-struck Greece.
But then the key broker of the talks, EU president Donald Tusk, handed the German and French leaders an ultimatum: make a deal with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras right now - there was simply no alt…
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