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Samstag, 11. Juli 2015

This isn't just Greece

…And now, the IMF is already saying—or the IMF has already acknowledged that the debt is unsustainable. And some of that is U.S. influence. You know, you have a difference between the U.S. and the European Union, or the European authorities, I should say, because the U.S. is only concerned with keeping Greece in the euro, whereas the others have this project. They want to transform Europe into a place that has a smaller social safety net, a reduced state, cuts in pensions and healthcare. This isn’t just Greece. Greece is the obstacle in their way of transforming Europe. So they have these whole set of other interests that they’re fighting for, and that’s why they’re being so brutal and stubborn about this…

– Mark Weisbrot in Democracy Now, 10. Juli 2015.

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