Greece looking forward
25 January 2015. By Abi Giwa
Tsipras, left, and Samaras, right
The future of Greece as a country depends on who wins the country's election between the incumbent prime minister and his challenger.
The incumbent, Antonis Samaras has told the electorates to choose the status quo of and the challenger, Alexist Tsipras has told the same electorate that if given the mandate, he will roll back austerity measures.
According to the BBC, Tsipras said, "The vicious circle of austerity is over." He is countered by Samaras who said, "Today, we decide if if we are going forward or towards the unknown."
Samara supports continuing austerity with resultant budget cuts based on the country's negotiation with the European Uinon, EU, International Monetary Fund, IMF, and European Central Bank, ECB. Voters have a choice to retain the arrangement by voting for Samara or kick the arrangement by opting for his challenger.
The world's financial crisis that enveloped Greece and other EU countries had meant bad unemployment and increased poverty for Greece. Ordinarily, no one likes to out of job as such will mean grinding poverty. But bad economic situation has forced many Greeks into that situation. Samara says the austerity the country embraced to help it is working. Tsipras says he is coming to restore dignity - the opposite of widespread unemployment and poverty. But he has not explained how he will achieve his objective.
But going by Samaras' words, it is not that achieving Tsipras objective is impossible, the result is what he is saying must be avoided. And the result is kicking the EU, IMF and ECB out of Greece and its economic struggle for survival. According tomSamara, Such a decision could result into a forceful exit for Greece from the EU. Tsipras has not explained how he will manage the situation of a forced stoppage to bailout package the country has with the EU, IMF and ECB.
Greece has known good times and it is currently struggling amid bad times. Anything is possible in the life of a nation as it is often said that no condition is permanent. But the big question is whether Greeks will risk their country leaving the EU, and will the EU allow that to happen, if Greece defaults on its economic bailout arrangement, if Greeks choose a new leader who is ready to kick away the EU arrangement?
The choice belongs to the voters and ability of the technocrats to manage a bad situation without allowing lack of pragmatism stand on a way of survival.
The incumbent, Antonis Samaras has told the electorates to choose the status quo of and the challenger, Alexist Tsipras has told the same electorate that if given the mandate, he will roll back austerity measures.
According to the BBC, Tsipras said, "The vicious circle of austerity is over." He is countered by Samaras who said, "Today, we decide if if we are going forward or towards the unknown."
Samara supports continuing austerity with resultant budget cuts based on the country's negotiation with the European Uinon, EU, International Monetary Fund, IMF, and European Central Bank, ECB. Voters have a choice to retain the arrangement by voting for Samara or kick the arrangement by opting for his challenger.
The world's financial crisis that enveloped Greece and other EU countries had meant bad unemployment and increased poverty for Greece. Ordinarily, no one likes to out of job as such will mean grinding poverty. But bad economic situation has forced many Greeks into that situation. Samara says the austerity the country embraced to help it is working. Tsipras says he is coming to restore dignity - the opposite of widespread unemployment and poverty. But he has not explained how he will achieve his objective.
But going by Samaras' words, it is not that achieving Tsipras objective is impossible, the result is what he is saying must be avoided. And the result is kicking the EU, IMF and ECB out of Greece and its economic struggle for survival. According tomSamara, Such a decision could result into a forceful exit for Greece from the EU. Tsipras has not explained how he will manage the situation of a forced stoppage to bailout package the country has with the EU, IMF and ECB.
Greece has known good times and it is currently struggling amid bad times. Anything is possible in the life of a nation as it is often said that no condition is permanent. But the big question is whether Greeks will risk their country leaving the EU, and will the EU allow that to happen, if Greece defaults on its economic bailout arrangement, if Greeks choose a new leader who is ready to kick away the EU arrangement?
The choice belongs to the voters and ability of the technocrats to manage a bad situation without allowing lack of pragmatism stand on a way of survival.
