A push for Greek cuts even creditors think go too far

Press quote (The Wall Street Journal)
Simon Tilford
05 May 2016

"It's good that European institutions seem to be acknowledging that the Greek economy cannot sustain further dramatic fiscal tightening," says Simon Tilford, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform, a London think-tank. "But they aren’t able to draw the obvious conclusion that the target needs adjusting. If they do down that road, then they would have to address the debt."