BEWARE OF GREEKS BEARING GIFTS « The Burning Platform

BEWARE OF GREEKS BEARING GIFTS « The Burning Platform

Posted on 26th February 2015 by T4C in Economy |Politics |Social Issue

THE GREEK BETRAYAL AND PAN-EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

by JC Collins

It has now become common knowledge that the promises made by the new Greek Syriza government have been broken. The voting population of Greece were fed a steady stream of propaganda on how Syriza was going to stand up to the Troika, or trifecta of the European Commission, European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund.

Before the election I had been provided a copy of the Syriza Policy Paper which detailed their proposed negotiating position with the Troika. The paper was segmented into 3 sections:

1. Negotiating Stance with the Troika: Reconstruction of the Banking Sector and Debt Relief

2. A Domestic Action Program

3. The Modest Proposal, with a Pan European Solidarity Program, to be discussed at the first European Summit under the new government

It was very clear in the policy paper that Syriza had no intention of keeping the promises which their political platform had been built around. In fact, the Syriza party was the economic Trojan Horse which was used by the Troika to implement the broader multilateral reforms and restructuring of the Greek banking system.

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