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Yanis Varoufakis opens up about his five month battle to save Greece
In his first interview since resigning, Greece's former Finance Minister says the Eurogroup is “completely and utterly” controlled by Germany, Greece was “set up” and last week’s referendum was wasted.
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The Ugly Heart of the European Project
Over the past week, European institutions have shown no qualms about bullying, arm-twisting, and humiliating a sovereign nation and its people. This is no union – this is a fiasco. By Edward Harrison. -
Greece brought a latte to a gunfight
The weekend’s European news could not be more extraordinary. A superb opinion piece by Yanis Varafoukas in The Guardian brought everything to a head... -
Timothy Geithner reveals Schauble’s plan to kick Greece out of the euro and ‘terrify’ the rest of Europe
In his new book ‘Stress Test’ just released in the US, Timothy Geithner has revealed that in 2012 German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble had presented him with a plan to kick Greece out... -
How a Chinese puzzle could enable the Greeks to have the last laugh
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Greece is bad, but the eurozone's problems go a good deal further
Other nations are suffering the double whammy of high debt and a falling working-age population. By Hamish McRae. -
Greek crisis: surrender fiscal sovereignty in return for bailout, Merkel tells Tsipras
German and French leaders press Greek leader for guarantees over austerity measures in what an EU official describes as ‘extensive mental waterboarding.’
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The "Troika" as it is called has one goal, and that is austerity. They represent the interests of the wealthy and couldn't care less about the Greek people, or really any of the people of Europe.
And what can the regular Greek citizen do about it....not a thing.