The sick man of Europe is dying and Sunday’s elections may be the tipping point. Helena Smith reportsGreek elections – the Guardian briefing“I will drive you to the wound of Greece. It won’t take long.” Tall, muscular and dark, Antonis is not a man given to hyperbole but he is, by his own admission, very angry. Now, staring into his rear-view mirror – only days before elections that could make or break Athens’ tumultuous ties with Europe – there is no hiding how incensed he is. “What has happened to this country is a catastrophe,” he fumes. “Our politicians, Europe, the IMF, they have stopped us having dreams.”The journey to the wound of Greece does not take long. For Antonis, a photographer with an eye for the unusual, it is not at the end of the pot-holed road we are driving down.It is the loss of hope. I see it every dayUnless they are stupid, or rich, no Greek has children anymoreThere are quite a few people now who can no longer afford to give their relatives a dignified funeralEveryone is exhausted. Forget about new taxes, we can’t pay them! Continue reading...
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