Saturday, October 06, 2012

Will the Country that Gave the World Democracy, Lose Its Own?

The prime minister of Greece warns his country is on the verge of becoming the next Wiemar Republic.   Antonis Samaras is appealing for funds to fend off the outright collapse of Greek society.

"Greek democracy stands before what is perhaps its greatest challenge," Samaras told the German business daily Handelsblatt in an interview published hours before the announcement in Berlin that Angela Merkel will fly to Athens next week for the first time since the outbreak of the crisis.

Resorting to highly unusual language for a man who weighs his words carefully, the 61-year-old politician evoked the rise of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party to highlight the threat that Greece faces, explaining that society "is threatened by growing unemployment, as happened to Germany at the end of the Weimar Republic".

"Citizens know that this government is Greece's last chance," said Samaras.

2 comments:

  1. What a pile of bull Samaras is spouting. The Golden Dawn party ain't as big as neo-Nazi parties in various other European countries, such as Austria or arguably even France (depending what you consider the Le Pens). More to the point, if Samaras goes down what takes over won't be Golden Dawn, it'll be Syriza, the official opposition in striking distance of forming a government if they poll just a bit higher in the next election.

    And Syriza are an excellent progressive party, much better than the worthless duds in power right now.

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  2. If it was a scam it didn't have much effect on the Iron Chancellor, Merkel.

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