The EU should have made the bailout money conditional on suspension of Greek elections until the crisis is over. The Greek public simply aren't mature/informed enough to accept the hard truth that their's no path without pain. They'd prefer to have a tantrum and refuse to accept reality.
Alas they will now get to impose their tantrum upon the political system, and in doing so probably trigger a global economic depression.
. I'm almost hoping for a coup in Greece.
Please f*** off. Please.
Suffice to say if Politico and the Economist think Hollande is going to be a disaster than probably he won't be so bad (though I still fully expect the whole "we didn't know it was so bad so can't keep our promises" shtick to be rolled out slowly over the next few months. But whatevah).
Remember five years ago when the Economist kept singing the praises of Sarkozy and how he was going to make the French economy (I can't write the following the words without shuddering) competitive and modern again?
