Greece was hanging on the edge of its seat as Alexis Tsipras addressed parliament in Athens for just the second time.<br /><br /> But the Greeks may have been left disappointed. <br /><br /> Following the announcement that Greece will postpone a key debt payment to its creditors, analysts had predicted the Syriza leader would announce any number of initiatives.<br /><br /> These ranged from calling a confidence vote – or even early elections – to announcing Greece was closer than ever to reaching a fresh deal with the troika to see the country financially through the summer. <br /><br /> Instead, he expressed shock that President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker had, apparently, pushed aside 3 months’ of negotiations. Juncker focussed on, in the prime minister’s words, “absurd” cash for reforms plan he says the Greek government would never accept.<br /><br /> The European Commission had, apparently proposed a 10 percent VAT increase on electricity and cutting benefits for low-income pensioners.<br /><br /> No Greek MP, Tsipras dec
