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Greek Parliamentary Election

IMF chief really put her foot in it. The backlash is interesting.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/af...ocId=CNG.39a29b0b75cb3cf2b5d20b95c5423cb8.201

Some interesting quotes.

Lagarde told Britain's Guardian newspaper in an interview published Friday that Greeks must "help themselves" by all paying taxes, saying she was more concerned about Africans in poverty than Greeks in the economic crisis.
"You should say that to the relatives of the 3,000 Greeks that have committed suicide, to the one million unemployed," wrote a Facebook user under the nickname Ntavos Paok.
"You should tell your countrymen, who were many years in colonial Africa enriching themselves by stealing from the grandparents of the children you so hypocritically think of by comparing them with Greeks."
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One Facebook user, Litsa Sterp, resorted to ancient Greek wisdom, quoting the first-century scholar Plutarch: "Flee the hostile and tyrannous money-lender who interferes in your freedom and attaches conditions."
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And more:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/27/imf-boss-in-no-position-to-preach?newsfeed=true
 The moral weight of Christine Lagarde's matronising of the Greeks to pay their taxes is not strengthened by the fact that, as director of the IMF, she is in receipt of a tax-free annual salary of $468,000 (£298,000, plus perks).
John Weeks
Professor emeritus, University of London
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Just saw this over on the torygraph's disasterblog

A second insurer has announced that it will stop offering cover to companies shipping raw materials and products to Greece. Earlier in the week Euler Hermes had taken the step, and today Atradius followed suit. But Greece's ESEE retail federation has warned that it could have "catastrophic" effects:
"Insurance companies contribute significantly to the creation of a climate of security and trust in the market. This development has extremely alarming - if not catastrophic - consequences for trade and domestic industry. Shortages on shelves are already evident, as is the risk of the domestic market collapsing."
Their argument is that Greece could elect an anti-austerity government, which would force it out of the euro. The drachma would then plummet against the single currency, making it unlikely that suppliers would get paid - leading to a drastic increase in insurance claims.
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Is this hyperbole from the Greek shopkeepers? If not it could be something of a self-fulfilling prophecy from the insurers.
 
He's not been arrested yet, leading to most probably quite credible claims that the police don't want to arrest him.
 
With political and economic unrest in Greece and europe in general, people seem to be sympathising more with the extreme left and right, like Golden Dawn in Greece and NF in France. Do you think that another Hitler type of person could arise from the mess that we are in?
 
Kippa said:
With political and economic unrest in Greece and europe in general, people seem to be sympathising more with the extreme left and right, like Golden Dawn in Greece and NF in France. Do you think that another Hitler type of person could arise from the mess that we are in?
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No - and please, don't think of the historical rise of fascism as all down to one bloke.
 
So the Greeks vote today. Any chance of corruption at the ballot box? After all, id imagine some people want to make sure the result is in line with their interests..
 
Other polling/greek experts have pointed out that these early polls well be based on rural voters (don't know why) so expect a stronger Syriza showing than this.
 
And as i say that the 2nd exist poll has ND in the lead:

ND 127, SYRIZA 72, PASOK 32, Ind Greeks, 21, Golden Dawn 19, Dem Left 16, KKE 13

ND 28.6-30% Of Vote; Syriza Party 27.5-28.4%; Pasok Party 11-12.4% - Final exit poll
 
butchersapron said:
The KKE who hate despise and want to murder Syriza.
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I think more sensible people are talking of Syriza working with democratic left, and that means a possible Syriza govt can't abandon the austerity agreement unilaterally. I think moving that direction is way more likely for Syriza that for them to get into alliance with the commies and declaring a workers state anyway.
 
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