tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post6088109808898713649..comments2023-07-17T11:55:51.363+02:00Comments on ObservingGreece: A Fair Chance for DiEM 2025!kleinguthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12491174042954678023noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-45419301916896973082016-02-12T11:29:50.661+01:002016-02-12T11:29:50.661+01:00Varoufakis is more suitable for an academic/univer...Varoufakis is more suitable for an academic/university setting.<br />Or for fascinating after dinner conversations.<br /><br />As an employer I would never hire someone like him because I do not think he can deliver any results in practice.<br />Even if the European project was a great idea and had a future (it doesn't), I would still not trust varoufakis with delivering anything towards it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-43122357727658456332016-02-11T01:23:40.648+01:002016-02-11T01:23:40.648+01:00YV's movement is not a special one. He tries t...YV's movement is not a special one. He tries to put EU on the way of Democracy.Having a negative experience by EU institutions as a Greek Minister. The problem is not Democracy only in Europe. The problem is inequality, xenophobia, fences all around, an actually besieged union, who is feeling threatened by "enemies" can disintegrate this union fast. The Greek or Bulgarian is not feeling an equal partner with the German. This inequality cannot be absorbed by EU policies. So what to expect from. Greeks expect to owe more and more, without an end to this. Developement is supposed to come, but it is not coming after 5 yrs of recession, it is supposed to come back. The GDP is 25-30% less in 5 yrs and afflicted the poorer more. To reach GDP at the previous level it is necessary a new Marshall plan, which the US did to Europe after WWII, nobody is willing to pay for this, except loaning money. With production destroyed, unemployment 25%, 65% to youngsters, it is an economy bombarded already. Xenophobic, antieuropean parties will prevail soon or later. And not only in Greece. No, I'm not optimistic about the future of Greece in the EU. I wish I'm wrong. Stergios Nastopouloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05401759121087370009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-53032330772155242732016-02-10T19:34:38.589+01:002016-02-10T19:34:38.589+01:00It's hard to take you seriously when you state...It's hard to take you seriously when you state that you found Obama's speech an electrifying experience. I mean, Obama? Really?<br /><br />Anyway, I couldn't care less for Varoufakis' endeavors, but one shouldn't use this as an excuse to pretend that the EMU isn't a deeply problematic monetary union.<br /><br />The reason why Varoufakis' efforts will fail is because nobody really wants the EMU to succeed.<br /><br />This would have been possible in 2010, but not anymore. And I hate to say it but it's Germany's fault. Germany miscalculated that not only it could continue to grow at the expense of the BRICs and the USA, but also that Europe could do the very same thing. Obviously this isn't the case anymore, hence Germany's decision to let the periphery burn seems incredibly foolish and short-sighted now, cause it has caused the pan-European hatred of the monetary union.<br /><br />Which is why Varoufakis' efforts are in vain. It's too late. The EMU is already disintegrating.Jim Sliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-70056269237789585912016-02-10T17:59:11.234+01:002016-02-10T17:59:11.234+01:00It's (negatively) surprising Mr Kastner that y...It's (negatively) surprising Mr Kastner that you, who (according to your profile) have 40 years working experience, still fall prey and devote attention to Var. A man of work should know better and stay clear of impostors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-57952949460443616572016-02-10T09:25:28.403+01:002016-02-10T09:25:28.403+01:00This is a theater that likes to experiment, that k...This is a theater that likes to experiment, that knows how to combine elitist standards with means of expression appealing to the masses. Paradoxical, opinionated and proactive on the one hand, but always populist and geared to a wide audience too - with this concept the ------------ am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz gained it's reputation for controversy and for success. Quoted from Visit Berlin's description of the Volksbuehne. What a wonderful place for the erratic marxist to present his new manifest.<br />One could argue that with his nationalist views there is not much of the marxist left, I will give him the erratic though.<br />PS. There is no way I am going to offer him the objectivity that you and Sven Giegold attempt, I have gone Greek.<br />LennardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com