Merkel and Schäuble might sleep easily, but Brussels had more invested in the idea of the good Europe. In May it seemed that the troika might be wavering. The commission was warming to the plucky Tsipras. The French government did not want to see Greece humiliated. The IMF was skeptical about the sustainability of the creditors’ demands. It took a meeting on June 1 in Berlin to harden the resolve of the troika and to force Syriza finally into the corner.
