The markets responded with some relief to last week’s provisional approval by the institutions formerly known as the troika of the proposal advanced by the Greek government for a four-month extension of its bailout.
But even if an extension is finalised, which is not guaranteed, it will provide only a short amount of time for a more fundamental solution to Greece’s debt problems to be found. And that still looks like an enormous challenge.
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