So, we meet again

摘要

Like most things deemed unthinkable, Greece's departure from the euro zone has been thought about a lot. Its open discussion at the highest levels of the European Union, though, has long remained taboo. The two weeks since June 26th, when Alexis Tsipras, the Greek prime minister, abandoned talks with the eu and imf on a further bail-out and called a referendum on their terms, have put paid to that. Most euro-zone leaders now believe Greece has no place in the euro. Even those genuinely supportive concede that things may not go their way; Francois Hollande, the French president, openly discussed Grexit at the euro-zone summit which took place in Brussels on July 7th. On the same day Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, announced that the commission has a fully realised plan for Grexit.