The lies about Greece’s exit are over – N. Lygeros

At last, the lies about Greece leaving the EU – as if the European Union would want that – have come to an end. From the very beginning of this whole affair, we have consistently written that no such procedure exists within the institutional framework, however much some people might have imagined it. The only way for such an exit to happen is solely through Greece’s own will. You’d need the liver of Prometheus to endure the beating we’ve taken. But now more and more voices are speaking out freely and putting an end to this farce. The funniest thing, of course, especially at this time, is to realise the irony of the situation: whilst some parties want to take us out of the European Union once and for all – starting, of course, with the Eurozone – there are so many refugees from abroad who want to come here to escape all the hardships they are enduring. Yet no one among those advocating a voluntary exit says that all these people are mad as haters who simply want to find refuge in the European Union. Of course, they have the luxury of engaging in party politics, because they believe that what really matters is holding power. But Greece’s problem is that it needs a government, not just parties that tear everything to shreds, because for them, their homeland ends where their party ends. Now things are completely different, and we must finally stop dwelling on an issue that does not exist…

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