Greece may be forced to leave the euro if the country refuses to implement spending cuts agreed with the European Union, Angela Merkel warned.
Raising the spectre of a Greek exit, the German chancellor said “solidarity for the euro” was threatened by the ongoing political crisis in Athens.
While conceding that Greece is the author of most of their current problems, no one has the right to tell a nation to go starve in order to pay off its creditors. And Germany of all nations should grasp the dangers of political extremism that can arise in times of extreme economic calamity. I hope the Greeks tell Berlin and Brussels to go pack sand.