The Greek crisis has destroyed an old dream about the future
of Europe. The only possibility for moving the EU in the direction we
were promised is a radical solution -- either a Grexit or an expensive
debt haircut.
Tired. Everyone is so tired -- the politicians, the people, the
media, the institutions, democracy. Europe is tired, exhausted, haggard.
Yet another marathon negotiating session? How many have there already
been? Yet again these tired eyes of overexertion of those involved in
the negotiations. Once again a postponement or a compromise that nobody
is convinced of and is really just the start of the next crisis. This is
how things have been proceeding for years now. Enough already.
We don't want to speak of greatness, or of political heroes or of
far-reaching actions. That's difficult in a complex system like Europe.
We want to speak of the minimum: Politics requires successes in order to
legitimate itself. It has to solve problems, especially the really
tough ones that require a lot of effort. But that's not happening. In
the case of Greece, all we have been seeing are pseudo-solutions, if
even that.
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