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deepflows  ·  3189 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "No" ahead in Greek referendum EDIT: it's official

Thanks for the update. German news media is already discussing the implications.

Sigmar Gabriel, current chieftain of the SPD (so called social-democratic party which has transformed into a junior partner of the neo-liberal CDU, Merkel's party, in recent years) as expected took the opportunity to make an complete ass out of himself. According to him, Tsirpas is leading the greek people into "a time of bitter sacrifice and hopelessness."

Bitter hopelessness and no hope for any real recovery of course is not at all what Merkel, Gabriel and the Troika crew have in store for the greek people. No, sir.

Meanwhile, the Sparkasse (German savings bank) is pushing for greece to leave the EURO. Well, SPD and our Banks in agreement once again. What a surprise.