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21/07/2015

The Terms of Greece’s Surrender

Human Wrongs Watch

By Yanis Varoufakis*

20 July 2015

**Yanis Varoufakis | Author: Jörg Rüger | Wikimedia Commons

**Yanis Varoufakis | Author: Jörg Rüger | Wikimedia Commons

July 15, 2015 – The Euro-Summit ‘Agreement’ on Greece

The Euro Summit statement (or Terms of Greece’s Surrender – as it will go down in history) follows, annotated by yours truly. The original text is untouched with my notes confined to square brackets. Read and weep… [For a pdf copy click here.]

Euro Summit Statement Brussels, 12 July 2015

The Euro Summit stresses the crucial need to rebuild trust with the Greek authorities [i.e. the Greek government must introduce new stringent austerity directed at the weakest Greeks that have already suffered grossly] as a pre- requisite for a possible future agreement on a new ESM programme [i.e. for a new extend-and-pretend loan].

In this context, the ownership by the Greek authorities is key [i.e. the Syriza government must sign a declaration of having defected to the troika’s ‘logic’], and successful implementation should follow policy commitments.

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21/07/2015

‘Welcoming the Iran Nuclear Deal and Calling on Israel to Dismantle Its Nuclear Arsenal for a Nuclear-Free Middle East’

Human Wrongs Watch

By Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate*

20 july 2015, TRANSCEND Media Service – All Peace loving people around the World, and particularly those who have worked for many years for the Abolition of All Nuclear Weapons, must have been encouraged and given hope, with the announcement on 14 July, 2015 of a Nuclear Deal between Iran and the Six World Powers.

Mairead Maguire

Mairead Maguire

Congratulations are in order to all those who persevered in face of much opposition and remained at the negotiating table to get this deal, Foreign Minister of Iran Mr. Zarif, USA Sec. of State, John Kerry, the EU High Rep. for Foreign Affairs, Ms. Mogherini, and many others fulfilled their political responsibilities in negotiating a Nuclear Deal with Iran, that according to Iranian Foreign Minister has delivered, not what everyone wanted, but a win/win situation for all.

This Agreement is indeed to be welcomed, and it is a triumph for dialogue and diplomacy and proves that problems can be solved at the negotiating table instead of using the unethical, immoral and counter-productive method of military threats and attacks.

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