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Old 08-22-18, 04:33 AM   #2
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It is an especially greek problem, and will always be. If those big ship owners are publicly allowed not to pay taxes, and get all their money out of the country instead, the situation will never change.
That said, the fact that Greece is obviously able to get out of a financial crisis if there is at least some influence from outside, should shed a light on how abysmal badly this country is managed internally.
Reuters: Greece under tight watch post-bailout, can be a 'success story:' ESM

It is funny though how the EU is blamed once more for a positive outcome. Or this italian right-wing accusation that this recently broken bridge was a fault of the EU (which is especially picant, for the anti-EU right-wing "Five star movement" themselves cut off financial support for italian infrastructure maintenance of roads and bridges some time ago).
Genoa bridge collapse: Italy's governing populists wrote off safety fears as a children's 'fairy story' before disaster



What is positive however is, that the EU can and will be made responsible for anything bad happening in the future. A scape goat for all! And if something positive happens it will always be a conspiracy. How convenient

What would Greece have done, if it had not been in the EU? Not 50 years ago people were dying in Greece, by starvation and low temperatures. Disadvantages have to be seen in context and are relative.
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