European Leaders Debate Greece

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Published February 16, 2015 at 12:33 PM EST

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras gives a press conference during a European Union summit at the EU Headquarters in Brussels on February 12, 2015. (John Thys/AFP/Getty Images)

Greece and European finance ministers began talks on Monday to discuss Greece’s request to revise the terms of its bailout.

Greece is facing pressure to extend the bailout rather than let it expire at the end of the month, but Alexis Tsipras of the Syriza party won the election for prime minister last month on promises to end the austerity measures that have accompanied the bailout in Greece.

Slate’s Jordan Weissman joins Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson with details on the debt talks.

Guest

Jordan Weissman, senior business and economics correspondent at Slate. He tweets@JHWeissmann.

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