More than 100 MPs in Angela Merkel\u2019s conservative party group have already written Greece out of the euro, even as its government scrambles to cobble together a plan acceptable to creditors.<\/p>\n
The size of the rebellion in her own ranks \u201d\u201d the Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union faction \u201d\u201d limits the German chancellor\u2019s ability to soften her position against Greece and all but kills off its hope of a huge debt write-off as part of the new bailout plan it needs to prevent a banking collapse.<\/p>\n
Alexis Tsipras, the Greek prime minister, has been given until midnight tonight to submit plans justifying another multibillion-euro loan deal to keep Greece afloat or face a future outside the euro, with the EU already preparing humanitarian aid for the Greek people.<\/p>\n
Announcing its intention yesterday to seek a three-year bailout, Greece said it wanted to make its \u00e2\u201a\u00ac323 billion debt mountain \u201csustainable and viable over the long term\u201d\u009d, code for the cut of 30 per cent demanded by Mr Tsipras.<\/p>\n