My point is that each of these "bailouts", like the latest $7 billion euro "loan", don't benefit any actual Greek people.
It's an ECB "loan" that goes from one ECB account directly to another ECB account as "payment" on debt. Exactly zero euros of these go to Greek people.
If I was Tsipras I'd decline these "loans" as well. They do nothing to help Greek people, and they just obscure who is really getting bailed out.
It seems really hard to sell that. The Guardian Weekly is a good attempt, and it has articles from Le Monde and Washington Post in it regularly as well. Combined with Le Monde Diplomatique (In English), which you could get as hard copy bundled, it gave a much better European view.
Unfortunately they don't sell an electronic copy, which I would certainly subscribe to.
It's an ECB "loan" that goes from one ECB account directly to another ECB account as "payment" on debt. Exactly zero euros of these go to Greek people.
If I was Tsipras I'd decline these "loans" as well. They do nothing to help Greek people, and they just obscure who is really getting bailed out.