Greek PM to plot next move as talks stalemate persists

Brussels

GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will convene his inner circle to plot the next move in the standoff with international creditors after another round of top-level talks failed to yield a breakthrough.

After meeting in Brussels with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who also heads the group of his euro-area counterparts, Mr Tsipras stuck to his position that any basis for an accord must be a Greek proposal. He said the plan should avoid the spending cuts and tax increases that creditors have drawn up in recent days.

Months of impasse looked closer to being resolved this week after a flurry of activity starting with European leaders and the International Monetary Fund meeting in Berlin on Monday night. Mr Tsipras now returns to Athens …