Among the dozens of things which Greek leftists seem incapable of grasping is that the country cannot abrogate its commitments with its partners for reducing its deficit and putting specific reforms in place, and, at the same time, remain in the euro.

Greece’s contribution to European integration in the last two years has not been adequately appreciated. Our country has essentially functioned as a catalyst for leaps towards the federalization of Europe and for the adoption of decisions which, under normal circumstances, would have taken years, or even decades.

What we are witnessing in the pre-election campaign currently unfolding confirms that we live in the Land of Surreal.

It would be a mistake to try to identify a single determining factor to interpret the results of the latest opinion polls according to which the traditionally two largest parties, the Socialist PASOK and the conservative New Democracy (ND), are suffering an unprecedented slump. The reasons why voters are turning away from the two-party system vary greatly among them.

Greek GDP has fallen from €237 billion before the crisis to €206 billion today and the pessimists see it falling as low as €180 billion before it starts recovering. So, there seems to be no disputing the argument that the need for growth measures is imperative.

The ongoing debate regarding financial regulation in Europe has exposed a series of paradoxes in the structure of our economic system, which partly explain why our responses to the crisis so far have led to poor results.

America is the biggest market for German cars. Just imagine, then, what the impact would be on the German economy if some wise guys in Baden-Wurttemberg burned American flags and named some German car model “Fuck USA”.

Αsides from negotiations concerning the private sector’s ‘voluntary’ participation in cutting Greek debt, the essence of Greece’s actual economy has been condensed into one phrase by the Troika.

The discovery that almost all the national television channel’s journalists who had been on strike for weeks, were paid in full, either because they took sick leave or because they were on paid leave doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone.