Greece has undergone significant reforms in the last five years. A look at the effects on the country shows why Syriza’s rejection of further austerity is not unreasonable.
A call to break with the leadership of Greece’s ruling party has highlighted the futility of debt-led austerity and the burden it places on people on the wrong side of a banker’s bad bet.
Greece’s future in the eurozone is uncertain.
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The prosecution of 69 members of Greece’s extreme right political party must be constitutional, fair and conducted in the full glare of public attention.
Hint … it’s more than sartorial advice.
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Syriza came to power promising to renegotiate Greece’s relationship with the EU. The fallout of their attempts to do so is a lesson for a UK that would try to do the same.
Popular accounts add to the clouds gathering over Greece’s parliament.
EPA/Orestis Panagiotou
Persistent misconceptions over the nature of the Greek bail-out play a subtle but key role in sustaining a damaging mythology – and preventing a viable treatment of the crisis.
Alexis Tsipras’ visit to Moscow this week drew a terse response from Angela Merkel, but no deal has been announced.
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