Chivalry

The latest developments in the treadmill of negotiations with lenders are becoming dramatic, since everything is now open, after the Greek Prime Minister’s statement on the “Institutions” shortly before he departed for Brussels.

The French government has reacted to Wikileaks revelations that the United States spied on three French president, including Francois Hollande.

"It is unacceptable between allies," government spokesman Stephane Le Foll said, shortly before an emergency meeting called by Hollande with his security chiefs, AFP reported on Wednesday.

WikiLeaks announced in a press statement on Tuesday, that the US National Security Agency (NSA) spied on the last three French Presidents - Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande.

WikiLeaks referred to top secret intelligence reports and technical documents on the communications of high-level French officials over the past ten years.

French President Francois Hollande called a secret meeting of his cabinet about the potential consequences of a Greek exit from the euro zone as early as May 2012, WikiLeaks said on Tuesday, citing US National Security Agency secret intelligence reports.

The US is not targeting French leader Francois Hollande's communications and will not do so in the future, the White House said, after documents published by WikiLeaks showed Washington had wiretapped the president and his two predecessors.

French President Francois Hollande had called a secret meeting of his cabinet as early as May 22, 2012, to discuss a possible Greek exit from the eurozone said Wikileaks on Tuesday citing secret intelligence information from the U.S. National Security Agency.

Discussions between representatives of the European Union, the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund and Greek officials continued on a technical level in Brussels on Tuesday.

Greece and its creditors were working to seal a bailout deal with exactly one week to go June 23 before Athens is due to repay the IMF around 1.5 billion euros or face default and a possible exit from the EU.

European leaders meeting in Brussels carefully sidestepped the thorny question of restructuring Greeces huge debt on Monday, with Germany the most reluctant to open the debate.

Eurozone leaders were locked in talks in Brussels late on Monday after Eurogroup officials suggested that an agreement could be reached this week on the basis of new economic proposals tabled by the Greek government.