"But from where we stand, for the very first time, we are beginning to see glimmers of hope."
VOA: special.2009.04.17
There are theglimmers of a plan: strengthen the banks to withstand the shock of default and then build a massive firewall around Greece to avoid a domino effect.
Admittedly, the first glimmers showed up a couple of years ago in Spain, which suffered the malady of economic miasma brought on by environmental populism.