Monday, November 28, 2011

ekathimerini.com | Between Europe and Turkey

Between Europe and Turkey

By Nikos Konstandaras

If Greece finds itself outside the eurozone it is in danger not only of being isolated from its European partners, of losing the economic and social gains of decades, and of undermining the reform effort that has begun: being left adrift in a region where everything is changing presents much greater risks. In the great redistribution of power and influence in our region, in Europe and around the planet, Greece will be in danger of becoming a satellite of the strongest country in the region, which at this time is no other than Turkey. This need not be accomplished through war or political blackmail, but simply through the merciless logic of numbers: the need of the newly poor Greeks to find cheap goods and services, willing customers and a supply of labor.

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