After half a day of meetings with EU top officials in Brussels on Wednesday (4 February,) Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras said he is "optimistic" about reaching a deal with the EU on his country's debt repayments.
Speaking in the European Parliament alongside its chief Martin Schulz, Tsipras said: "I know the history of the EU is a history of disagreements, but in the end of compromise and agreements."
He climbed down from previous statements about cancelling Greece's debt and...
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