The upcoming Greek elections will push the nation into a confrontation
with the European authorities, reports Faisal Islam, the economics editor of Channel 4 News, in his cover feature for the latest issue of The
Spectator. And in this week’s episode of The View from 22 podcast he provides an insight into the changing attitudes he witnessed during his most recent visit to Athens last week:
‘Six months back, there was certainly a high stakes game of poker. But to me, it was pretty clear 6 months ago that the Greek people would do what was necessary to stay in the Euro. When you asked people on the streets, politicians, businessmen, yes things were taken to the edge of the abyss. They were told to peer over but they would still go for the Euro. This time, I noticed something quite different. Yes people say they want to be in the Euro but when you push them, if the European authorities refuse to renegotiate the “barbaric bailout deal”, more often than not, they look blankly and some will say no.
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