Optimists in Athens argue that if the EU leaders make a firm commitment to restructuring Greece's bloated public debt, now an unsustainable 180% of GDP, Mr Tsipras will be willing to make concessions on protecting pensions and wages.
He was the second head of the agency to resign under a cloud this year, and his departure is likely to raise further doubts about the government's ability and commitment to restructuring the financial system, which two years ago was poised to collapse.
"It is with this in mind that the Scottish FA reiterates its commitment to restructuring on the five principles of a single league body, fairer financial distribution, introduction of play-offs, parachute payments and a pyramid below the third division.
But if there is such a struggle to get one governing body to change the way it approaches soccer finances, getting all the key nations around the table would require serious commitment to restructuring the game.
We are confident that China can and will reach peak emissions before 2030, in light of President Xi's commitments to restructure the economy, dramatically reduce air pollution and stimulate an energy revolution.
As part of the bailout deal, the Irish government made commitments to restructure its economy, and the introduction of universal domestic water charges was just one of the unpopular changes it agreed to introduce.
Dealing with this would require a level of commitment to radical restructuring that the cautious, conservative royal family has never shown before.
"The steps announced today provide tangible evidence of the U.S. government's commitment to the orderly restructuring of A.I.G. over time in the face of continuing market dislocations and economic deterioration, the Treasury said in a statement.
But doing that would almost certainly involve the kinds of politically difficult decisions that Congress and the Pentagon have tended to resist, from canceling weapons programs to closing bases to reducing commitments overseas to restructuring the services themselves.
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