> New government does not mean you can erase your debt
This is a sovereign government: they can do whatever they want. Defaulting on the debts will have consequences, of course, some good, some bad. Difficult to say if, in balance, this will be good or bad for Greece.
> Democracy is responsibility of the successive government for the deeds of the previous one. May that be debt or a warcrime
OK, bring the accused to the courtroom. And, now that you are at it, bring the rest of the players. The banks, the Troika, and all the rest that have profited from this whole saga.
The blame does not lie solely on the Greek.
The outcome of the judgement can very well be positive for Greece: maybe some banks have to repay some interest, maybe the IMF has to restructure some of the debt because they badly advised past Greek governments, maybe Germany has to repay that old loan they took from Greece and never repaid, maybe the Euro-area has to compensate some members for the prejudice of helping Germany become the world export leader at their expense by using a weak currency, maybe the UK has to pay some fines for allowing the financial markets (by opposing regulation) to bet against economies bringing them to the brink of bankruptcy ...
We can factor all those things and see who owes what to whom (impossible), or we can recognize that everybody shares a part of the blame and help one member of the European Union - which probably made huge mistakes, but can't now stand on its own.
This is a sovereign government: they can do whatever they want. Defaulting on the debts will have consequences, of course, some good, some bad. Difficult to say if, in balance, this will be good or bad for Greece.
> Democracy is responsibility of the successive government for the deeds of the previous one. May that be debt or a warcrime
OK, bring the accused to the courtroom. And, now that you are at it, bring the rest of the players. The banks, the Troika, and all the rest that have profited from this whole saga.
The blame does not lie solely on the Greek.
The outcome of the judgement can very well be positive for Greece: maybe some banks have to repay some interest, maybe the IMF has to restructure some of the debt because they badly advised past Greek governments, maybe Germany has to repay that old loan they took from Greece and never repaid, maybe the Euro-area has to compensate some members for the prejudice of helping Germany become the world export leader at their expense by using a weak currency, maybe the UK has to pay some fines for allowing the financial markets (by opposing regulation) to bet against economies bringing them to the brink of bankruptcy ...
We can factor all those things and see who owes what to whom (impossible), or we can recognize that everybody shares a part of the blame and help one member of the European Union - which probably made huge mistakes, but can't now stand on its own.