ATHENS, Greece—The ball is in Greece’s court, the creditors say.
But this isn’t tennis—unless you can imagine a match between argumentative snails, coached by committee, without an umpire.
After four and a half months of back and forth, Greece and its creditors remain far from a deal on what reforms the country must make to get more rescue loans. It needs the money to avoid defaulting on its debts and save itself from an even nastier mess, like falling out of the euro.
The Greek government wants to restore the minimum wage and reintroduce collective wage negotiating. Creditors reject that.
