"Brilliance or buffoonery?" wondered a Times headline of the Greek PM's policy ricochet this week. How about brainmelt, given the unfathomably intense pressure under which George Papandreou has been operating. Reports across the globe predict "nervous breakdown" in the eurozone, in governments, even in individuals. The leaders mime a strange pageant of stagily pointed fingers and decisive hand gestures for the benefit of the cameras, before releasing communiques best paraphrased as "Errrrrrrrrrm...". The hollow-eyed Nicolas Sarkozy now looks hollowed out. Even the previously unflappable-looking Angela Merkel looks ragged. They all appear close to the edge.
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