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Greek press is not very happy with the agreement either. My Greek is very rudimentary, but the newspaper in the middle seems to be saying "Greece in Auschwitz"...

Of course it will. I, for once, hope Poland will stay well away from the eurozone after what happened in Greece, and I bet sentiments are similar in other EU countries who are not in the eurozone. Exactly. Greece is being humiliated, and for what purpose? If they stay in the eurozone they will...

I read that Greek administrative workers are preparing a 24-hour general strike on the day that their parliament will vote on accepting the agreement. It will be interesting to see if anyone notices. :) Anyway, as I said before--seeing that everything now rests on Greek integrity and Greek...

So, basically, the EU will pump billions and billions of euros into Greece (again) on condition that the Greeks will approve and implement certain reforms (again). It means that the EU gives money, and everything else rests on Greek honesty, Greek truthfulness, Greek hard work, and Greek...

Unfortunately, Greeks laugh loudly as the EU will sink billions and billions in their corrupt country AGAIN. http://www.ekathimerini.com/199338/article/ekathimerini/news/creditors-approve-greek-bailout-request-source-says Of course we all know that the promises of any reforms will be broken...

Not very likely. High prices of imported food would force Greece to increase their own agricultural production (for which there is still huge potential), which would only be beneficial for their economy. Moreover, let's not imagine Greece turning into a 3rd world country after reverting to...

Easy? It will be far from easy--that's the point. Greeks got used to living way above their means, so the transition to drachma will be quite painful to them in the initial period; but it must be done in the best interest of Greece and Greek people. Nobody's saying it will be easy. That's why...

Some posters in this thread are apparently very concerned about Greek people--good on them! It is indeed uplifting to see such concern that fellow Europeans (even though they live in different ends of Europe) have for one another. That only strengthens my faith in humanity and proves that the...

I misunderstood your post, sorry. Of course, Greeks can go back to drachma voluntarily and it would be a very wise choice in the long run (despite the initial cost to Greek economy).

But Tsipras himself keeps saying that the EU can't force Greece out of the eurozone because that would be against the law (he doesn't say which law exactly), whilst at the same time he disregards financial rules and laws himself pretty much in the same way previous Greek governments have been in...

Your criticism of the EU is not entirely unfounded, WS, but in fundamental things the union needs to demand from her members to adhere to certain standards (in minor issues local rules and regulations may of course be implemented). I hope the UK will vote to stay in. Without you in the Union...

Oh, and that... Democracy, you say... thing is any union, EVERY union, depends on the same rules and laws for all members...or there is no union. If there is a government which suddenly decides: "Nope...we don't like these rules...I don't adhere to them...and you have to accept that...

@Westdene Seagull: You can laugh as much as you want, mate. I know there is an exception to every rule, but the fact is that the well-being that most European citizens enjoy nowadays has not been built through "audited accounts", "receipted expenses" or "creative accounting", but through hard...

Even in poker bluffing has its limits, and the EU should finally call Greeks' bluff. The Union cannot works this way, it cannot bow down to every wish of populists just to avoid some, by and large, imaginary destabilisation of the eurozone. Greek GNP is around 1.5% of the overall EU GNP, so...