PODEMOS leader: Support Greece or Europe falls

Iglesias notes the negativity of European institutions such as the ECB, noting that "the ECB’s calculation is not only arrogant, it is incoherent. The same central bank that recognised its mistakes a few weeks ago and began to buy government debt is now denying financing to the very states that have been arguing for years that the role of a central bank should be to back up governments in protecting their citizens rather than to rescue the financial bodies that caused the crisis."

The Spanish politician also states that "Europe’s threefold problem is inequality, unemployment and debt - and this is neither new nor exclusively Greek." As he points out austerity policies have not solved the problem, but rather trust in the old political elites has collapsed, because of them.

He praises Italy’s Matteo Renzi, because "despite his lukewarm support, is alone in fully grasping what is at stake in Greece."

Iglesia concludes saying"The viability of the European project is at stake. Pro-Europeans, especially those in the socialist family, should accept the hand offered by Tsipras and help curb the demands of the pro-austerity lobby. It’s not just their own political survival that is at stake but that of Europe itself."

source: The Guardian