There’s no end in sight to the Greco-European drama | Max Höfer

Disaster may narrowly have been averted for the eurozone, at the expense of Greece's political autonomy. But it won't take much for it all to crash down

The last act of the classical Greek tragedy ends with two outcomes: disaster and catharsis. In the current Greek debt drama, however, there has been no catharsis. The purification has failed to materialise.

It would have meant that both sides had seen the error of their ways and come to their senses. Instead, the madness continues: Greece will take on a86bn of debt in addition to the existing a317bn (not including the emergency loans from the ECB). From Angela Merkel through Franiois Hollande to Alexis Tsipras, all eurozone government leaders assert that Greece will emerge from over-indebtedness more quickly this way and will be economically healed in three years. Europe pretends that the bailout will help. And Greece acts as if everything is fine now.

The troika is not operating as a trustee, but representing highly selfish interests

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