Those who were quick to celebrate the British people’s decision for a Brexit as a victory against bureaucracy and technocrats in Brussels are now faced with a prevailing wave of financial and political uncertainty. It is no coincidence that many of the British who voted to leave are regretful and even the Brexit leader are trying to absolve themselves of the responsibilities and decisions for the future.
Europe needs a new deal which must include a social dimension, the Prime Minister commented after the summit meeting. However self-evident that may be, it just as self-evident that Greece’s problems will not be resolved even if the greatest EU reform occurred. The social agenda that Mr. Tsipras wants may help our country to some extent, but it cannot give us the necessary boost to overcome the crisis.
It does not matter how much money will come, unless we change our production model, rid ourselves of our internal problems and improve the competitiveness of our products, any growth will be based on clay feet. We experienced this recently with low-cost funding, the easy loans that resulted in a consumer explosion and bulging deficits.
No social agenda will create any jobs, unless there is an environment that encourages investments. The lifelong learning program and retraining may offer temporary solution to those who are suffering – and those of course who take advantage of these programs – but they cannot and will not provide a solution to the unemployment issue.
Let us highlight the problems, malfunctions and political acrobatics in Europe, as Mr. Tsipras does, but before that let us take into consideration our own problems, opportunistic and demagogic politics and passing on responsibilities to others. When you are undermining the only significant investment in recent years – Cosco in Piraeus – you are undermining it because you cannot overcome your obsessions and populist promises, which irrespective of any changes that take place in Europe, cannot save you…
TO VIMA
