The way ahead

摘要

In a crisis studded with missed deadlines, Sunday July 12th really could mark the denouement of the Greek debt drama. The leaders of the euro zone along with those of all the EU's 28 member countries will gather for a set of meetings in Brussels. If Alexis Tsipras, Greece's prime minister, can strike a deal with his creditors that day, his country will stay afloat inside the euro. If there is no such deal, Greece is heading inexorably towards the whirlpool of Grexit. Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council-a Pole not prone to hyperbole-calls it "the most critical moment in the history of the eu".