SYRIZA betrays the resounding
NO vote of the Greek people and signs a 3rd troika austerity program
The Left should create a
popular front against the EU
Stavros Mavroudeas
Professor of Political Economy
In the 5th
of July 2015 the huge majority of the Greek people (61%) rejected the insolent
demands of the EU for the extension and deepening of the austerity and
pro-capital restructuring policies in Greece. These demands were codified in
the so-called Juncker Plan for Greece that set barbaric terms for the extension
of the previous austerity program (the 2nd Economic Adjustment
Program for Greece) in exchange for releasing much delayed tranches of the
troika loans to Greece. These tranches were urgently needed for repaying instalments
of previous loans by the troika. As I have argued in a previous note (‘The Greek referendum and the tasks of the Left’) SYRIZA was led unwillingly to call this referendum
because of the failure of its unrealistic program for a ‘decent
compromise’ with the EU and for ‘staying in the Eurozone at any cost’.
Moreover, the whole affair proved beyond any doubt that EU is a capitalist and
imperialist integration that cannot be reformed towards serving peoples’ needs.
