tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post3680079103041500656..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: Greece and EuropeGeorge Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-44944764722888763482015-07-19T10:25:22.947+01:002015-07-19T10:25:22.947+01:00The trouble, as I understand it, JforJames, is tha...The trouble, as I understand it, JforJames, is that the return to the drachma would be a terrible shock to an already desperately weak system. The interim period between the establishment of the new/old currency might empty the banks or fill it with meaningless amounts of paper. The Greeks themselves don't want it.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-25933848300737063992015-07-18T19:59:00.433+01:002015-07-18T19:59:00.433+01:00I think it's a big mistake for the Greeks to b...I think it's a big mistake for the Greeks to be trying to stay in the Euro. No one wants to face the point of no return. But they're there. Time to become a singular, however flawed country, again.JforJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-51266646825464857072015-07-15T13:31:46.162+01:002015-07-15T13:31:46.162+01:00Dear George
I feel terribly sorry for the Greeks ...Dear George<br /><br />I feel terribly sorry for the Greeks but can see no easy way out of the morass that they now find themselves in. Thank God that John Major managed to secure Britain an opt-out from the euro which actually works rather well for most member states.<br /><br />Best wishes from Simon R. Gladdish<br /><br />Poetry Pleases!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16686247991180317838noreply@blogger.com