Gruppo Spinelli ai greci: «Dire SI' all'Europa»

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The Spinelli Group calls on the Greek people to say YES to Europe

Wednesday, July 1, 2015 - 15:00

We want Greece to re-emerge as a strong and healthy economy within the 
Eurozone. What is happening is very dangerous for Greece and the 
Eurozone. It is essential that what is fast becoming a self-fulfilling 
prophecy must end. A negotiated solution must be found that maintains 
Greece within the euro. Otherwise the citizens of Greece and its 
economy will face a disaster. The economic and political impact on the 
Eurozone and the European Union will be unpredictable. The European 
project must not die in Athens.

The Greek citizens should be called to express themselves not only on 
the seven page proposal from the institutions but also on the 
accompanying growth and recovery package. As pro-European in favour of 
a Union of solidarity and prosperity, we call the Greek people to 
express their strong support to the reform process and to staying in 
the Eurozone. Voting Yes on Sunday will be a vote for Europe. 

It is then urgent that all parties meet to agree on a set of 
sustainable reforms. What is truly needed is nothing less than a 
fundamental and socially sustainable reform of the Greek political and 
economic system and the emergence of a new governance system. The 
course must be set for radical reforms if Greece is to re-emerge as a 
strong and healthy economy within the Eurozone. In return, in the 
immediate future, policies promoting a returning of growth are urgent 
and should be supported by the Eurozone partners.

The current crisis should strengthen the determination of the Eurozone 
leaders to progress rapidly towards a deeper and more robust economic 
monetary union, with the governance and the tools to prevent and manage 
economic unbalances before they escalate to the level of the Greek 
crisis. The Five Presidents Report submitted to the European Council 
on 26 June is a step in this process.

Isabelle Durant


Elmar Brok


Guy Verhofstadt


Mercedes Bresso


Danuta Huebner
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