European Parliament
Jacek Saryusz-Wolski  (PPE ).
– Mr President, nobody speaks about the geopolitical consequences of the eventual exit and destabilisation of Greece. Whatever happens – and we know that we do not know – geopolitical consequences should form part of an overall European balance sheet.
Let us imagine the situation for a moment. First: a weakened south-east flank of the Union; second: the Greek Schengen border in danger; third: the impact on the balance of power in the Middle East, in the Mediterranean and in the Western Balkans; fourth: the danger of an authoritarian scenario in Greece. What would be the political weight of those geopolitical consequences of Greece going bankrupt? The answer is: significant and far-reaching.
We need therefore a holistic approach and not one of an accountant. We need a political solution to the crisis and not a bookkeeper’s solution.
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