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  • Early Returns Show Greeks Reject Terms of E.U. Bailout

    07/05/2015 12:11:53 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 61 replies
    New York Times ^ | Sunday, July 5, 2015 | Suzanne Daley
    "I voted with my heart and also my mind," said Marie Triadafillou, who works in transportation logistics and voted yes. "I believe when you are in a union you cannot leave. We say in our country if the sheep leaves the flock it cannot live." ...Martin Schulz, the head of the European Parliament, who had offered at one point to come to Greece to campaign for a yes vote, said on Sunday that Greece would need to prepare to operate without the euro and with a parallel currency if there was a no vote on Sunday. While Greece would remain...
  • Syriza’s historic win puts Greece on collision course with Europe

    07/05/2015 12:03:53 PM PDT · by 867V309 · 23 replies
    theguardian.com ^ | 26 January 2015 | How Greece made history in a day - video Ian Traynor
    “There’s a sense that these populist movements are led by people who didn’t go to university with [the leaders] and that if you ignore them they will go away. They’ve been ignored and patronised,” said a senior EU policymaker in Brussels. “The underlying causes are economic. We want a Europe that is delivering tangible benefits to citizens. That’s not what it feels like at the moment.”