Germany open to Greek debt talks but not write-off

Germany is open to talks on Greek debt after the election, according to unnamed lawmakers cited by Bloomberg. They say, however, that they’re not open to writedowns, which really defeats the point, no? I guess the could look at maturity extensions or moving payments around but that isn’t any different than a writedown.

Besides, Germany doesn’t have much of a say. Syriza is talking about writing off Greek domestic debt, not the IMF loans.