Greece's day of destiny takes bizarre turn with phantom eurozone summit

Athens' fate may soon be determined regardless as despite no breakthrough and another wrong paper fiasco, proposals were welcomed as 'detailed and credible'

Greece's date with destiny started with its upstart prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, being slapped on the face. It is the customary gesture of endearment from Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European commission. It means the two men are friends, despite Juncker saying at the weekend he no longer trusted Tsipras.

And the day that was supposed to arrest Greece's collapse into bankruptcy, and prevent the euro's diminution, ended more than 12 hours later on Monday evening with the bizarre spectacle of a phantom summit.

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