Re:Behind Germany’s refusal to grant Greece debt relief
by vidarh on Saturday July 11, 2015 @09:13PM
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It's not just insulting. It's dangerous. If Germany continues this line, not only will the Euro disintegrate, but we can "look forward" to a much higher likelihood the UK will decide to outright leave the EU as well. I know more than one hardline pro-EU people here in the UK that have softened their EU support substantially after seeing the treatment Greece has gotten.
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Re:Behind Germany’s refusal to grant Greece debt relief
by StavrosK on Saturday July 11, 2015 @09:30PM
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I'm pro-EU as well, but this is getting ridiculous. There's no way the country will grow like this, all that's happening is that businesses are closing, and obviously nobody wants to start new ones in this uncertainty.
The EU seems bent on wringing every last penny from the lower income tiers, which hasn't worked for the past six years, and is unlikely to start working now. The average Greek is, at this point, desperate enough to just want to leave the EU and deal with the consequences rather than watch the country die and/or get sold off over decades.