It might be a good idea to kick Greece out before the election. It would take the wind out of the sails of the left-wingers.
“Germany has reportedly drawn up a six-point plan to rescue Greece and the eurozone’s other failed economies in the same way East Germany was rebuilt after the fall of the Berlin Wall.”
The only way they’ll make Greeks work like Germans is to not feed them otherwise.
Merkel has her work cut out for her these next couple of weeks.
To me, it seems that the key problem in this plan is that Greece is not East Germany. The latter, despite Soviet occupation, still shared heritage, history, and traditions with West Germany. Greece, on the other hand, shares jolly little in common with Germany aside from the fact that the two nations are located on the European Continent.
The Germans have, overall, demonstrated a willingness to make sacrifices to place the nation on a firmer economic foundation. Greece, on the other hand, seems more willing to throw tantrums as the merest hint of fiscal restraint or when anyone suggests some tinkering with retirement age.
privatisations...relax employment laws...lure investors with tax incentives
The proposals are likely to prove controversial with electorates who will be unwilling to be effectively told to follow a more German way of life.
If the Greeks object to the above because the measures are too controversial, they deserve the coming pain...