Im francine lacqua. A crossroads for europe. Greece and ukraine face critical meetings that will determine their path for the next couple months. Lets get straight to our reporter on the ground. The greek Prime Minister, alexis tsipras, won a vote of congress a vote of confidence for his antiausterity program. Now, the tougher task of convincing creditors to a new agreement. Germany is showing no sign of backing down from its opposition to the new deal. For more, we are joined by hans nichols. You will be going to brussels later today. What can we expect from the meeting . We are going to get the formal presentation from Yanis Varoufakis on what he wants in terms of a bridge loan. What we expect is 8 billion in increase in the tbills, and an additional 1. 9 billion. Let me read you some headlines from the greek papers this morning. One, high taxes will bring recession. Another, new taxes for real estate and income. The eurogroup will either point to agreement or a rupture. At the same