Greece faces "the spectre of bankruptcy" (again)

Trollslayer

Tsipras is starting to throw his toys out of the pram now, threatening to resign if the people vote to stay in the Euro.

Trollslayer

Sve, I appreciate you are passionate about this but please refrain from name calling.

Sve

Noted.

Can I just say, to bring WW1 or WW2 in to a discussion about a country wanting to leaving the Euro/Europe is downright stupidity though.

Philly112

LGS might be many undesirable things, a Suffolk Argentinian for one, but he isn't stupid.

EarthRod

The Great War was the war to end all wars (so it was said after WWI). After WWI came the depression and fiscal collapse which was then followed by WWII.

This simple potted history has nothing to do with the current situation regarding the EU, European countries and the situation in Greece.

Don't confuse the imperial state of affairs in Britain, Germany and Russia and the rise of communism and Hitler with how things are today.

Member 55145

Why?

Europe started two world wars.
All because people wanted things their way and not wanting democracy.
Sounds a bit like the EU to me

Sve

If anyone seriously thinks that there will be any sort of conflict in Europe because a country or two wants to leave, well what can I say.

Trollslayer

Please compare the number of military conflicts within the EU countries for the same period before the EU.
Or conflicts in adjacent countries e.g. the third Balkans war.

Philly112

Here is an interesting chart of who owns the Greek debt. I can see why Merkel is worried:

                                                                               

Our banks have exposure, but given the size of the banks, it's probably not considered excessive. The main problems are the Euro countries who are propping Greece up via the bailout loans.