Gurdian : Greek exit real prospect as eurozone hardens towards belligerent Athens

Tsipras’s abrasive tone and accusations of ‘criminal conduct’ by IMF stokes more anger as EU officials prepare to gather at Luxembourg last chance saloon. Markets may already be pricing in a Grexit from the euro. Fears that the five-year Greek financial crisis will culminate in debt default and exit from the euro have intensified as Athens hardened its rhetoric against its creditors and insisted it would miss a payment to the International Monetary Fund unless it received debt relief.

The Economist : The sorry saga of Syriza

Παραθέτουμε εδώ ένα ενδιαφέρον άρθρο του Economist με επίκεντρο τν Αλέξη Τσίπρα,χωρίς φυσικά αυτό να σημαίνει ότι συμφωνούμε με τις θέσεις που εκφράζει.
IN RECENT months the walls of the B. & M. Theocharakis Foundation in Athens have been lined with mementoes of European support for Greece’s freedom. “Philhellenism”, an exhibition, tells the story of the material and moral backing that Romantics like the English poet Byron gave Greece during its independence fight against the Ottomans. The contemporary resonances are obvious. Showing some children around, Dimitra Varkarakis, who with her husband, Michael, owns the works on display, pointed to a German painting. One girl stopped short. “Aren’t we in a fight with Germany?” she asked. “No,” replied Mrs Varkarakis. “We are all friends.” After recounting this tale she casts Charlemagne an earnest look. “Europeans,” she says, “must love each other.”