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So Siemens, probably the largest briber in Greece recently, will teach people about anti-corruption. And in return we will forget about the real damages... Oh and I'm sure Siemens will keep mum about the crooked conservative and "socialist" politicians who to this day remain un-named. The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom - William Blake
As for Siemens, that gravy train isn't even side-tracked, much less stopped. And that was a lot of gravy that flowed everywhere. Samaras may not have received anything directly, but someone close did and expects to again, hence the settlement. And no one will call anyone on it because everyone is in on it. The only way to stop a juggernaut like that is for it to collapse on itself, as Credit Mobilier did here in the US 140 years ago.
That's a big contraction. I'm going to guess that they've put through a lot of reforms, salary cuts, budget cuts, etc.
So anything along the lines of what we already had (austerity on steroids) is deadly. Samaras was elected on the explicit promise that he will not implement the more outrageous of the demands and will forcefully renegotiate. He has not delivered, to put it mildly. The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom - William Blake
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