High-level politics

Rarely has a government had to simultaneously negotiate on the most crucial issues of the country for which it is responsible over just two days, yet this is exactly what is happening right now.

The Eurogroup is convening in Luxembourg on Thursday and if German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble deems that he has used the Greek issue to serve his pre-election agenda sufficiently, then he may give the green light for a positive conclusion to the bailout review. Should this happen, it will lead to all the beneficial things the Greek government is looking forward to.

In Athens on Wednesday, the Greek foreign minister and his counterpart from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) discussed ways to improve bilateral relations, which for some of Greece's partners - and Germany in particular - means the Balkan country's induction into NATO under its "provisional...