rainman + 263 June 28, 2018 Alexis Tsipras almost pushed his country out of the eurozone, railing against German hegemony in Europe and its neoliberal consensus. Now, Greece’s prime minister is worried about populist political forces rocking the EU boat. Speaking to the Financial Times after Athens secured a historic debt relief deal from other eurozone governments, Mr Tsipras said Greece was a “pillar of stability” in a turbulent region, and a solidly pro-European force in volatile times for EU policymaking. “I think the most important achievement is that Greece was for more than five years a part of the problem in Europe, now it’s part of the solution,” he says. It is a breathtakingly bold assertion from a prime minister whose policies in the six months after his election in January 2015 precipitated the EU’s biggest political crisis since its inception and almost brought about the partial break-up of the eurozone. With Greece preparing for life without bailout funds, Mr Tsipras needs to send a reassuring message to his EU partners. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
damirUSBiH + 327 DD June 28, 2018 With pillars like that, who needs market instability... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderBlade + 231 TB June 28, 2018 Just toooo funny...Greece is Achilles tendon for EU Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
franco + 96 FM June 28, 2018 Stably resting on a pile of the money of other EU countries. Especially of Germany... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jpZelabal + 63 jj June 28, 2018 Tsipras overestimate himself and Greece role.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pavel + 384 PP June 28, 2018 Well, with economy like theirs, it's too soon for this statement.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
damirUSBiH + 327 DD June 28, 2018 If I remember well, few years ago "Grexit" was one of the option.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanilKa + 443 June 29, 2018 16 hours ago, ThunderBlade said: Greece is Achilles tendon for EU maybe a sore thumb - too insignificant to be the tendon; only reason Grexit was feared was not to show Spain and Italy there may be a life after EU Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastian Meana + 278 June 29, 2018 What stability? the European Union is dead anyways, for ideological, national, and financial reasons. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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