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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

We're not traitors, insist Greece's yes campaigners

Burgeoning citizens’ group – with backing from academics and media magnates – warns of dangers of leaving European Union and euroThousands of flag-waving Greeks gathered in a summer thunderstorm outside the parliament in Athens on Tuesday to insist their country belonged in the European Union and warn that leaving would lead to calamity.“It would take us so far backwards – a generation or more,” said Ellie Douka, an employee of a non-profit company. “It’ll be economic, social, cultural Armageddon,” said Yiorgio Economos, a junior executive in a shipping firm. “This is just so dangerous. It’s absolutely imperative that we stay in.” Continue reading...


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