Greece faces two difficult outcomes.
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Whether Greece reaches a new bailout agreement or not, the country is in for a rough ride.
Athens is the epicentre of a dangerous relationship.
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A continent in shock; a country on the brink; and a model for punitive debt negotiations that serves no one but the banks.
Flags for sale in Athens.
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Only one thing is certain in the titanic struggle over Greek debt and the future of the Euro.
What is Greece all about? Bearded philosophers? Caryatids? Spartans?
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Our current turn towards ancient Greece touches on a fundamental nerve in modern society.
Historically, governments that have chosen default have experienced a much higher risk of losing political office.
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A possible “Grexit” would be more likely to lower rather than raise the political incentives for other European governments to follow.
Too intransigent?
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Like Diogenes the Cynic, Greece’s Syriza government have been intransigent in negotiations with powers stronger than them.
Agreement: the outcome everyone is hoping for.
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In order for Greece to move forward, Tsipras’ government needs to take the opportunity being offered it and accept the political cost.
Euro wasn’t meant to be a prison but a means to a shared prosperity.
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The euro will not survive unless Europe ends the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Greece.
Greece still owe us this much.
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Much of the focus on Greece has been on how to deal with its debt. Yet the debt will not be tackled simply through cutting public spending.
Healthcare has borne the brunt of mass cuts.
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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.
Let’s be pragmatic about this.
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Nobody will gain anything from prolonging the current stand-off; it is time for all parties to contribute towards a pragmatic agreement.
Fighting the debt effect. Greece is struggling at every level.
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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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Why the Greek debt crisis shouldn’t be viewed as a conflict between different countries, but one between workers across Europe and big business.
Greek banks have seen a steady decline in deposits.
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Greece has met its latest debt deadline, but if the country is to stave off Grexit, it’s time to deal with the country’s liquidity.
Inside the courtroom on the first day of the trial of 69 Golden Dawn members.
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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.
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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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As Greece wastes time seeking war repatriations to help cover its debts, a better solution would be debt forgiveness - with conditions.
One different wave lengths.
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The advocates (and beneficiaries) of austerity are succeeding in cornering the country worst hit by the euro crisis.
Game for a fight? Varoufakis arrives in Brussels.
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Yanis Varoufakis was supposed to have an academic advantage in tangled talks with the Troika. But politics can mess with the most careful plans.