Definite: Tsipras announces the change of Greece's strategic dogma

[no more banksters]

“Many of you may be wondering why I am here today and not in Brussels negotiating. However, I am here, exactly because I think that a country that wants to examine and explore possibilities for succeeding, must have a multidimensional policy and engage with countries that are currently playing a key role in global economic developments. [...] While fully respecting our commitments as such, we will also actively seek to become a bridge of cooperation both in our region and beyond, with our traditional friends such as Russia, but also with new global and regional organizations. Of course, as you are all undoubtedly aware, we are currently in the middle of a storm. But we are a seafaring people, well-versed in weathering storms and unafraid of sailing in large seas, in new seas, in order to reach new and more secure ports.”

http://failedevolution.blogspot.gr/2015/06/definite-tsipras-announces-change-of.html

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. "with new global and regional organizations."

Those talks with Russia this week must have been very productive for Greece.

Meanwhile, the IMF and ECB have sternly ordered Tsipras to hand over a final agreement Monday. In fact, they changed the time from Monday afternoon to Monday evening.
No deal, no more emergency cash to keep the banks open, which are having a very serious shortage due to bank runs the past couple weeks.

Gonna be an interesting Monday.

[jakeXT]

4. The Torygraph fears Red Betty

How so? Because France’s President François Hollande told a newspaper about how his henpecked Greek counterpart has confided in him that he cannot cave in to EU demands for greater austerity measures because, if he does, Betty will leave him.

“(Tsipras) informed me,” Hollande is quoted as saying in the French weekly Le Canard enchaîné, “that if he gave in to too many of the troika’s demands (the European Central Bank, the European Commission and the IMF), he risked not only losing his party but also his partner, who is a militant and is much farther Left of him”.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/greece/11683582/Greek-debt-crisis-why-we-should-all-fear-Red-Betty.html

[peacebird]

2. Interesting, he is clearly looking at alliances with China and Russia.

It will be a pretty intense start to the week, that much is certain.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Gas pipeline is one of the important issues for Russia now.

And US is leaning on Germany to get Greece to take a deal.