Cohn-Bendit: There is ‘a dialogue of the deaf’ between Greece and Europe

Cohn-Bendit, who was in Iraklio, on the island of Crete, said in a press conference that German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the European Commission’s tough austerity policy were to blame for the current crisis facing Greece.

“Most Greeks with whom I talk with, tell me that it is Europe’s fault that things today in Greece are not going well,” he said, stressing that it was wrong for Greece to exit the euro zone.

He further said that is should be realised and agreed by all in Europe that southern counties including not only Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal but also France could not survive the crisis outside Europe. He added if the current austerity policy could only push these counties in deeper crisis.

Source: AMNA