I think ultimately Syriza will have to make a choice. Choice 1: give in to the Troika on every important point, perhaps with some face saving minor concession., maybe without even that; Choice 2: resign or be kicked out of the EU and make it on their own.
The Eu, the Troika, the Oligarchy, to be blunt, the current faction who represents capitalism within the EU are too vile to allow a third choice. Whatever hit they would have to take if Greece left the EU, they are prepared to take. After all, the price they pay would only be in measured wealth, not in any actual suffering. All of that would fall on the EU working classes. They are prepared to lose potential GDP for decades rather than see their power weakened. Not surprising; that choice was already made when they imposed austerity, and made again when they stuck with it. It would be wonderful if there was a third choice,such as the "friendly Grexit" some have suggested. But any such third choice assumes EU good will that simply does not exist. So Greece can go on with what was once a decent enough health system continuing to be so bad that many hospitals have rogue fake nurses wandering the halls, offering to sell basic nursing service no longer available from the hospitals themselves - the Libertarian "buyer beware" wet dream. They can continue with suffering that has no end it sight. Or they can defy the Troika, and live with whatever short term suffering they have to. (And don't say "it can't get worse". "It can't get worse" is always an overly optimistic statement. ) It is easy to define the dilemma. Not so easy to suggest an answer. Defiance seems better to me than surrender. But I don't live in Greece and would not have to pay the price of such a decision. On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 7:44 AM, Marv Gandall <[email protected]> wrote: > New Democracy leader and former premier Antonis Samaras has offered to > form a unity government with Alexis Tsipras if the latter should lose the > support of the left-wing of Syriza in submitting to the demands of Greece’s > creditors. It’s a transparent effort to split the party and bring it down, > a centerpiece of the strategy being employed by the German-led eurozone > powers. Tsipras’ office dismissed it as such, stating that “scenarios of a > pro-bailout unity government that Mr. Samaras and various forces in Greece > and abroad are plotting, are a midsummer night’s dream.” > > The embedded video interview with bank analyst Alberto Gallo discussing > the latest reforms presented by Syriza to the EU/ECB/IMF troika is also of > interest. Gallo follows the the bankers’ script in describing the 26 page > list of reforms as are a step forward but that “more detail” is required. > He said the list includes, among other measures, changes to labour and > pensions legislation, but didn’t offer specifics. > > > http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-02/samaras-says-he-d-join-alliance-to-keep-greece-in-euro > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Facebook: Gar Lipow Twitter: GarLipow Solving the Climate Crisis web page: SolvingTheClimateCrisis.com Grist Blog: http://grist.org/author/gar-lipow/ Online technical reference: http://www.nohairshirts.com
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