Monday, May 21, 2012

Greek Politician Warns: European Union Would Be "Destroyed" If Greece Left

Really?
Pimco begs to differ.
From the Telegraph's Debt Crisis Live blog
15.38 Mohamed El-Erian, chief of the world's largest bond fund manager Pimco, has told Bloomberg that Europe should begin fearing the worst over Greece:
Quote A Greek exit will be expensive and messy, but it’s probably inevitable and therefore we should plan for it.


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14.38 Greek Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras, who has threatened to tear up the bailout agreement if his party wins elections next month: 
Greek experiment may be exported to other nations.

Tsipras has added that a Greek exit would destroy the euro area. However, Greece is a "sovereign state and makes its own decisions".