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For Greece, there is bad news, and really bad news

A STRANGE euphoria sets in when people have been up all night.

Their minds become fuzzy, their language extravagant. The delusion takes hold that simply to overcome sleeplessness and exhaustion is an achievement. This is not, you might think, ideal. But it is how Europe attempts to do business.