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Greeks Vote "NO" on EU Terms

posted by martyb on Monday July 06 2015, @08:57AM   Printer-friendly
from the getting-what-you-asked-for-may-not-be-getting-what-you-want dept.

kaszz writes:

The Greeks voted no to the European Union's terms, despite warnings from the EU that rejecting new austerity terms would set their country on a path out of the Eurozone. 62% voted "No" while 38% voted "Yes".

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday July 07 2015, @07:41AM

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Tuesday July 07 2015, @07:41AM (#206020) Homepage
    Well, there's some sarcasm, certainly. I've got a naive positive outlook that the EU will learn from its repeated mistakes, so much so I've just bought a larger flat here. That's because my comments about Estonia were honest - and I'm happy to do my bit in the otherwise-fantasy trickle-down economy, to get my spending and my not-insignificant taxes lubricating the cogs. It's the country that's shaken off its Soviet history the most effectively - corruption (perception, as per CPI) is lowish, and dropping, and shaming is high when it's discovered.

    But I'm sure I could become as attached and loyal to another country, were the EU to piss me off enough. Alas, being an EU citizen in a Euro country, I do benefit greatly from those two things.
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