Six months after this blog was created, its author waited and waited and waited for SYRIZA to break their promise of not renewing the MEMORANDUM/MNIMONIO.

At the end of this long period, Greece was almost ousted from the EUROZONE and received threats of being ousted from the EUROPEAN UNION as well.

The Greek Parliament authorised the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance to seal the deal by an unprecedented 251 out of 300 vote count.  In theory he government lost its parliamentary vote of confidence (coalition voters who authorised Tsipras were less than 151) but the over 80% vote in favor of an Agreement was a very very strong weapon.

Over the historic weekend of July 10-12, the Eurozone leaders reached an agreement which finds all parties as non-winners.  Compromises were taken, exaggerated requirements were submitted and retracted, “red lines” were broken but the European Union remained UNITED.

The entire statement here

PM Tsipras has a very large majority of citizens that are willing to pick-up the bill if he leads the country with no injustices and revenge tactics. The 61% referendum “NO” voters  got their ‘wake-up” call and in 48 hours understood that one needs to compromise when negotiating with everything to lose.

There is no time for licking our wounds. We need to act fast and decisively. We need to understand that things will become much worse before they become better and we need to stay UNITED.

KOLOTOUMBA, U-TURN, KIVISTISIS, or what have you are all irrelevant now.  We look ahead and all hope for a better Greece.