Don't agree - the election was not fought on whether or not the dept should be paid - that is the situation nowThis is an emergency and it is only right that the Greek people should
be consulted (the E.U. bod described it as a "betrayal", which is exactly what it isn't) - almost forces me to reconsider my contempt for (most) politicians
It certainly is not a "red herring" - the idea that once a Government is elected it has a mandate to do as it pleases - doesn't work like that, or where it does, you end up with parliamentary dictatorships, as in Britain
One of the joys of living in Ireland is the number of referenda it is forced to hold rather than leaving decisions in the hands of the establishment.
Can we assume you are not intending to address the points made in the article - the main one being that Greece is being instructed to repay a loan which was used to pay into the E.U. to support France and Germany?
The "moneylenders" in question here are certainly not "the poor" - the Greek elite certainly - but the present threat comes from the European right who are not prepared to accept the result of the last election - it's happened before outside the E.U. when the U.S.has sent in the marines to "stabilise the country".
Jim Carroll