Only a major political compromise from all sides can keep Greece in the euro / See also: Grexit: When Not If / What Is Reform? The Strange Case Of Greece And Europe / A Greek Deal Could Be In The Offing – Given The Will!

Talks are continuing in June 2015 in an attempt to reach a deal between Greece and its creditors over the release of further financial assistance to the country. Nikitas Konstantinidis writes that even if a deal can be reached by the Greek government at the European level, there would remain uncertainty as to whether the coalition government’s majority could survive the parliamentary ratification process. He argues that while it was a politically motivated decision to let Greece into the euro, it will take a sizeable political compromise on many different levels to keep it in.

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ESO: Background information: Greece skips IMF payment, buys itself time http://www.europeansources.info/record/greece-skips-imf-payment-buys-itself-time/

ESO: Background information: The Greek debt crisis: Key sources http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-greek-debt-crisis-key-sources/

ESO: Background information: Greece’s creditors are paying the price for not relaxing their conditions prior to the 2015 election http://www.europeansources.info/record/greeces-creditors-are-paying-the-price-for-not-relaxing-their-conditions-prior-to-the-2015-election/

ESO: Background information: Brussels talks halted as pressure on Greece mounts http://www.europeansources.info/record/brussels-talks-halted-as-pressure-on-greece-mounts/

Social Europe Journal, 15.06.15: [Opinion]: Grexit: When Not If (John Weeks) http://www.socialeurope.eu/2015/06/grexit-when-not-if/

Social Europe Journal, 15.06.15: [Opinion]: What Is Reform? The Strange Case Of Greece And Europe http://www.socialeurope.eu/2015/06/what-is-reform-the-strange-case-of-greece-and-europe/

Social Europe Journal, 15.06.15: [Opinion]: A Greek Deal Could Be In The Offing – Given The Will! http://www.socialeurope.eu/2015/06/greek-deal-offing-given-will/

Blog: Open Europe, 12.06.15: [Opinion]: Missing The Point — Austerity Was Not The Biggest Mistake In Greece http://openeurope.org.uk/impact/missing-the-point-austerity-was-not-the-biggest-mistake-in-greece/

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