Greece: relief but anger greets news of the deal

  • 9 years ago
In Greece, there are those who think any deal is better than no deal.

But others are angry, thinking that Germany has rammed yet more austerity down their already parched throats.

“Germany destroys Europe”, said one headline, “after a night of suspense”.

#GreeceCrisis: how newspapers reacted to Tsipras vote just published on storehousehq. Pages via damomac http://t.co/zOwc4vh9Jg— Brian Kilmartin (@BKilmartinIT) 11 Juillet 2015


On the streets, some are definite. “This is the third time in recent history that Germany has taken advantage of its power to lay waste to Europe, said one man Euronews spoke to. “It is going to be very difficult to mend the rift between Greece and Germany and the North of Europe.”

Others are unsure. “We are sailing into uncharted waters,” one woman told Euronews, “that’s why we made so many compromises. Otherwise we would have left the euro. We made this deal because we don’t know what is going to happen next. But we can’t accept everything. I am