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I think that is a fair point, and as long as Greece remains in the eurozone winning the German public for the spirit of '53 should be the goal.

However, if Greece is kicked out of the eurozone and Germany insist on being repaid and uses the legal structure of the EU to try to collect, then I think bringing up legal claims against Germany might be necessary in order to remain in the EU.

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by A swedish kind of death on Tue Feb 24th, 2015 at 05:09:18 AM EST
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Agreed. In that case the political climate would be poisoned anyway.
by Katrin on Tue Feb 24th, 2015 at 06:52:49 AM EST
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I read it in the same way.

It is a point being made to show that a Greek exit from the eurozone really does mean unrecoverable  debts for the rest of Europe.

Beyond that, Citigroup has argued that the removal of ELA automatically creates a legal liability for Europe that absolves Greece of any debt.

I would also point out that the debt conversion in 2012 changed Greek debt from being Athens based, without any collective action clauses, to London debt that required a % of creditor agreement in the changing of any terms.

by Upstate NY on Tue Feb 24th, 2015 at 08:55:59 AM EST
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