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Affichage des articles du décembre, 2014

Anything but the people

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One side of the world says that Greece is recovering, that the country is on the right track towards competitiveness, that if the power changes hands, i.e. if Syriza comes to power, it will be the full catastrophe with the country exiting the Eurozone and total bankruptcy. This is the message delivered, of course, by the present Prime Minister of Greece, Samaras, and his co-PM Venizelos. There is nothing surprising here: after all, they are in power, they have applied the economic policies which have led the country in its present situation, and they represent the two political parties who have managed the country for decades and decades, in the end leading it where it stands now. With a little nuance however: now, the power has moved rightwards and has serious right-wing accointances: notably (but among others) the Secretary of State to Development and Merchant Navy appointed in 2011 A. Georgiadis author of Jews: The entire truth , an antisemitic pamphlet paying tribute to Hitle...