Hollande now at the negotiating table

Greece is in a state of anticipation, writes the left-liberal online paper To Vima, because once Hollande has taken office the configuration at the bargaining table will change: "Greece is simply playing for time until Hollande is France's new president. Is this important? Very much so. Because at this point no one knows what Hollande will do. If he supports Greece with plans for a new growth policy there will be change. Once Hollande is sitting at the negotiating table the Greek problem could soon come to be regarded as a European one. … Many people in Athens don't realise that Hollande, who is also facing parliamentary votes, can't suddenly change his stance on a European growth policy. He can't suddenly become Sarkozy just because Germany starts exerting pressure. … Now that the Merkozy dictatorship has come to an end, other countries can express a positive stance [towards Greece]."

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