On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Hinrich Kuhls <[email protected]> wrote:
> "The idea of Tsipras as a "traitor" relies heavily on a cynical > misinterpretation of the referendum last week. "OXI", the critics would > have you > believe, was "no" to any sort of deal; an authorisation to disorderly > Grexit. It > was nothing of the sort. In speech after speech Tsipras said again and > again > that he needed a strong "OXI" to use as a negotiating weapon in order to > achieve > a better deal. Did you all miss that? Now, you may think he didn't achieve > a > better deal - that may be fair - but to suggest it authorised Grexit is > deeply > disingenuous." > > I agree to this quote. > You have a point: the referendum was not a vote in favor of a Grexit. But you go too far in claiming the opposite: the referendum most certainly was NOT a vote for "avoiding Grexit at all costs". Also, I think it is entirely fair and accurate to say Tsipras has no affirmative mandate to accept the EU austerity deal. The best that can be said in his favor is that he has no mandate to reject it either. -raghu.
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