The Eurogroup president will need all his diplomatic skills later this week as he oversees the latest dialogue between the EU’s poorest and richest countries.
Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras will once again try to wring some concessions out of Germany when he meets chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday. That is unlikely to go down well in Berlin, but Juncker, who will also be at the meeting, has already struck a more conciliatory tone.