Article GC9E Leftwing Eurosceptics are wrong to use Greece as a reason to leave the EU | Hugo Dixon

Leftwing Eurosceptics are wrong to use Greece as a reason to leave the EU | Hugo Dixon

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Making a case for Brexit based on events in Greece doesn't make sense unless you have a distorted view of Syriza's failures and the reasons for the crisis

Is the Greek crisis a reason for Britain to quit the European Union? Several Guardian columnists - Owen Jones, George Monbiot and Suzanne Moore - have argued that it is. But this is mistaken. Their conclusions are based on a distorted view of what is happening in Greece.

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