This euro is destroying theEuropean dream | Jonathan Freedland
by Jonathan Freedland from on (#D7ZG)
The deficit fetishists of Brussels and Berlin must cut Greece some fiscal slack and work to promote growth
On Sunday the Greeks vote while the rest of Europe holds its breath. No matter how clunky the wording on the ballot paper, everyone knows what's at stake. This is a moment of great peril, not only for the euro but for the European project itself.
If Greece votes no, it's hard to see how it can stay in the euro, which will represent the most grievous blow in the 16-year history of a currency whose momentum was always meant to be irreversible.
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