Adults in the Room

For 7 years, the Greek people have lived

under the weight of a colossal debt.

A new government will bring hope for a way out of the prison of debt.

If we win this election,

after all these years of deprivation and oppression,

everything will change.

They beat the drum and we danced.

Now, we'll beat the drum and they'll dance.

If we win,

we'll never pay the debt. We'll force them to pay damages.

European banks gambled mountains of money and lost.

They reached an astronomical debt of one trillion.

The governments of France and Germany

transferred 600 billion of the banks' losses

onto the European taxpayers.

And in order to save the German and French banks and some Greek banks,

they transferred another 320 billion of the banks' losses

onto the Greek taxpayers.

To be paid by Greek people:

320 billion.

We are going to destroy the oligarchy

which built a system, a network of power,

which sucks the economic power in our society.

If they win,

we kick them out of the Euro.

NEW DEMOCRACY 18,8 SYRIZA 6,0

SYRIZA 18,7

SYRIZA 20,0

SYRIZA 35,0

SYRIZA 36,3

Speech !

I'll make my speech after the final results !

Europe will see us for what we really are.

A statement !

Later !

The statement...

The statement will come only after the final results.

Later !

So ? What now ?

We make a government.

We find allies and change the country.

What allies ?

After the swearing in ceremony at the Parliament,

instead of swearing on the Gospel, the new PM declared

he would respect the constitution.

- Communists ! - Is that what we got wrong, Steve ?

No, you won the elections.

You are the Minister of Finance

and you achieved a majority with a far-right alliance.

When you were in Washington,

I used to refer to you as the Prince of Darkness with my students.

Prince ? I've been called a lot worse.

I am going to need your advice.

You're left-wing radicals.

They'll do all they can to crush you and the hope you represent.

The Germans and their allies will strangle you.

It'll be a tragedy for your people.

It's already a tragedy.

What's your plan ?

Compromise and everything.

Without ending up compromised.

Your party promised the voters you'd wipe out the debt.

There are electoral promises and there's reality.

Meaning ?

I want to negotiate the restructuring of the debt, forgiving part of it

and putting an end to austerity so the economy can grow again.

They won't let you do that.

The Prime Minister fully supports me.

And the radicals in the party ?

They obey the Prime Minister.

You're an outsider.

In politics and in power.

An outsider who values his freedom.

Well, I've decided to become an insider.

But I'm keeping my freedom.

I've already prepared my resignation.

You've just won and you're preparing your defeat ?

This letter will allow me to do what I have to do,

which is to get the country out of the prison of debt.

You're staying an outsider.

The insiders will never forgive you.

5 months and 12 days later

I resigned.

I've been arguing with the Prime Minister for four hours.

Six months of arguing and he still doesn't get it.

He just doesn't understand.

Berlin wants to punish this country

and to make him submit.

It's a no-win situation.

Just Berlin or... all of Europe ?

Everyone.

He thinks Angela is his friend, that she'll support him.

In fact, she won't cede a thing.

She won't retreat an inch.

You did all you could to help.

He did nothing when his people attacked you.

You were right.

You should have resigned then.

He backed me...

for a long time.

We'd agreed on everything. He had accepted my propositions.

For the Germans,

the French, the Italians...

They're not expecting us to negotiate everything.

In an open, constructive spirit.

But firmly !

The Germans want to kick us out of the Euro.

They can dream on !

We're in the Euro and we're staying.

He's not a Party member !

And don't become one.

They'll eat you alive.

Don't like my choice of ministers ?

Shut up or leave !

They must understand our determination.

The party's program is not necessarily the government's.

No sado-monetarist ?

Not here yet.

Why is the Troika leader coming two days after elections ?

Three days. And he is not the leader.

Will he announce a Grexit ?

Or the Cyprus play ?

If so, we're doomed.

There will be blood at the banks.

They've never given a shit about us !

- They're here. - They ? How many ?

This isn't Cyprus.

We can't reject their demands forever.

Yes, we can.

And their bullshit too.

Please come in. These are my colleagues.

This is the president of Eurogroup.

Representative of IMF in Greece. Nice to meet you.

- Minister of the Territory. - Very nice to meet you.

We'll be back in a moment. Please.

So...

I'm keen for us

to build a good, working relationship, President.

But I must tell you that...

Troika's methods have been counterproductive.

Troika's not much appreciated here.

No, not really, no.

Tell me,

what are your intentions regarding the MoU you despise ?

The Memorandum of Understanding to reform your country and repay its debt.

Please have a seat.

We need to find a compromise between our program that our people voted for

and your MoU that has wrecked our economy.

That won't work.

Are you saying that compromise is not an option ?

You have fifteen days before committing to the MoU at the Eurogroup meeting.

If not, the program crashes.

That's an ultimatum ! Three days after our election.

Our country's in ruins and you're throwing us out of the Euro !

- I didn't say that. - You implied that !

You're not interested in a compromise, are you ?

Your MoU is indecent and impossible to achieve !

Then I'll announce to the media that you reject the MoU,

in other words, quitting the euro, your economy collapsing, chaos...

Okay ! Let's go tell them.

Wait, wait, wait ! What ? What do we tell them ?

You tell them what you like.

I'm gonna welcome you.

Good morning.

I would like to thank all of you for attending this first meeting

with the president of Eurogroup,

whom I'd like to welcome to Greece.

I will now hand over to him.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

Today I've had very constructive meetings

with members of the government.

I appreciate the welcome we've received.

Same speech for five years.

It's a first step towards our forthcoming collaboration.

Excuse me.

Minister, will you cooperate as slavishly with the Troika

as your predecessors did ?

Cooperate with the European Commission,

the European Central Bank and the IMF... Yes !

But...

not with their bureaucrats who have applied

the same degrading methods for five years.

They're the Troika.

Even the European Parliament considers their proposals flimsy.

Any cooperation with them is off the table.

You just killed the Troika.

They're our strength.

They can turn against us tomorrow.

Only if we disappoint or betray them.

One day, we'll disappoint them.

Not necessarily.

They'll ask for more and more.

We'll disappoint them.

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