The massive debt of Greece should be written off, political thinker Noam Chomsky told the Euronews television.
MOSCOW
(Sputnik) — Chomsky said that the left-wing Syriza party in Greece came
to power on the wave of opinions, according to which Greece should not
subject itself to Brussels and German banks' policies anymore, because
these policies were destroying the country.
Answering a question on whether Greece's debt should be written off, he said Friday:
Athens needs to work out a reform plan before the next meeting with the EU finance ministers on April 24 to receive the next financial aid package
"Yes, just like Germany's was. In 1953, when
Europe wrote off most of Germany's debt. Just like that, so that Germany
would be able to reconstruct from wartime damage."
"The effect of these policies has been actually to increase Greece's
debt relative to its wealth production; probably a half of young people
are unemployed, probably 40% of the population is living under the
poverty line, Greece is being destroyed," Chomsky was quoted as saying
by Euronews.
He said that Greece's debt had been incurred
by the fascist dictatorship, supported by the United States, and German
and French banks.
Greece
owes the troika of international creditors, that includes the
International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Union and the European
Central Bank (ECB), an estimated sum of some $270 billion.
In February, Greek authorities and Eurozone finance ministers agreed
to extend the country's bailout for four months. Under the agreement,
Greece promised to implement a range of economic reforms to revive its
economy.
Athens needs to work out a reform plan before the next meeting with the EU finance ministers on April 24 to receive the next financial aid package
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