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February 20, 2012

Greece Must Default if It Wants Democracy

Wolfgang Munchau, Financial Times

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It is one thing for creditors to interfere in the management of state policies. It is another to tell them to suspend elections or to put in policies that insulate the government from the outcome of democratic processes.

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