{"id":116774,"date":"2019-03-29T14:15:27","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T14:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/the-greek-rorschach-test-103\/"},"modified":"2019-03-29T14:15:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T14:15:27","slug":"the-greek-rorschach-test-103","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/the-greek-rorschach-test-103\/","title":{"rendered":"The Greek Rorschach test"},"content":{"rendered":"

BERLIN \u2014 There will be no parade, no teary farewells, not even a kiss from Jean-Claude Juncker.<\/p>\n

Instead, Greeces time as a de facto<\/em> European Union colony will end on Monday as it began in 2010, with the stroke of an anonymous eurocrats pen.<\/p>\n

Greece emerges from its eight-year, some \u20ac300 billion \u201crescue\u201d regimen with a debt load many economists, including those at the International Monetary Fund<\/a>, deem unsustainable. Its also a vastly poorer country than it was when the EU stepped in, with its economy declining nearly 25 percent over the course of the bailouts (a performance that puts Greece in league with the likes of Venezuela, Libya and Yemen).<\/p>\n

Despite Greeces continued difficulties, many of Europes powerful regard the rescue effort not just as a success, but as a model.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cWe have experienced that the misbehavior of one country can put us all in danger\u201d \u2014 Angela Merkel<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThis program was an unbelievable challenge for us, as were the other rescue programs for euro states,\u201d German Chancellor Angela Merkel, one of the architects of the bailout strategy, said<\/a> recently. \u201cBut altogether we can say the euro is stable, the programs have been completed and the countries are more competitive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Greece has become something of a Rorschach test for how to govern the eurozone, one with profound implications at a time when Europes leaders are debating how to improve the eurozones architecture.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have experienced that the misbehavior of one country can put us all in danger,\u201d Merkel said in a speech to the Bundestag<\/a>, the German parliament, in March.<\/p>\n

For those who see Greece through the German prism, the harsh austerity forced on Athens, coupled with a refusal to grant it substantial debt relief, offers a powerful prescription. \u201cAccountability and control go hand in hand,\u201d Merkel said.<\/p>\n

In other words, though Greece may be diminished, its catastrophe has offered the rest of the currency bloc a frightening example of what can happen when governments skirt the rules. If sacrificing Greece is the price for preserving the euro, so be it.<\/p>\n

The alternate view, articulated<\/a> in dramatic terms by French President Emmanuel Macron last September in front of the Acropolis, is that Europes \u201csovereignty, democracy and trust are in danger\u201d as a result of the crisis. Europes treatment of Greece has eroded the very foundation the European Union was built on, according to this argument.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, the debate comes down to ones definition of \u201csolidarity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most Germans, for example, are convinced they showed Greece the utmost solidarity by providing billions in low-interest loans. While forgiving Greeces debt might put the country on more solid financial footing, it would open the door to \u201cmoral hazard,\u201d the rewarding of bad behavior.<\/p>\n

What that reasoning ignores is that Germany was the biggest winner of Europes bailout policies. No country has benefited more than Germany from the introduction of the euro, which has been a boon to its industry, fueling exports across the region. So if \u201csaving\u201d Greece was really about preserving the euro, Germany was primarily acting in its own interest.<\/p>\n

Its easy to see why: The loans provided to Greece by the European rescue funds have put little German treasure at risk. In fact, so far theyve generated a tidy profit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cFor Greece to be stable in the long term, the people, companies and investors have to regain trust in the countrys future prospects\u201d \u2014 Guntram Wolff<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Europe, to quote a Teutonic saying, has left Greece with too much to die and too little to live. The small businesses that account for more than 90 percent of the economy continue to struggle amid a dearth of bank credit and hRead More \u2013 Source<\/strong><\/a>
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