Michael O'Connell-Davidson

Forget Syria: a weak Greece endangers us all

There is nothing waiting for people who leave school in Greece today. It does not matter how much young Greeks might be able to give to their nation, because their nation has little to give them in return. Over the weekend, The Times reported that young Greek women are selling sex for as low as €2. Some are even exchanging sessions for cheese pasties, because they cannot afford to eat.

It’s not just young Greeks who are suffering. Pensioners are being squeezed by Greece’s creditors, and drugs thrive amongst the homeless in Athens. Election after election has only served to make the country’s political crisis worse, with the second general strike in a month going ahead today. If recovery is possible, then it will take years to rebuild. And worst of all? Nobody seems to care.

But Greece’s problems stretch beyond its financial woes. As Europeans are now starting to discover, a weak Greece is not only an economic threat, but a security threat, too. Over

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