Greece is heading for "very controversial" talks with its EU partners, European Parliament president Martin Schulz said following a two-hour meeting on Thursday (29 January) with the newly-elected prime minister Alexis Tsipras.
Schulz, a German Social Democrat, went on to elaborate that he has "rarely" in his time in public office had such a conversation as he had just had with the 40-year old radical left politician.
He indicated the two had been in disagreement on several points...
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