Sentiment is finally turning in its favor: four years of austerity have produced a primary budget surplus, it has successfully tapped debt markets twice this year and its economy is set to grow in 2014 after a six-year recession.
European partners — busy with a crisis in Ukraine, a widening Middle East conflict and a stagnant euro zone economy — may well be willing to help Athens along to avoid upsetting the fragile pro-bailout political order in Greece.
via Fearing political crisis, Greece plots escape from bailout | Reuters.
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