The fear of many Greeks of a renewed escalation of the economic and debt crisis before the end of January elections grows. Fearing political and economic turmoil has many savers and companies a total of 2.5 billion euros from their bank accounts from.
Some experts discuss open again about a possible Greek exit from the euro zone. Polls suggest an exciting campaign and a tight election result.
Mini capital flight out of fear of elections
The current “mini-capital flight” is unusual and only thus can be explained that the people are very worried, given the early elections to the 25th make January reported the conservative Athens newspaper “Kathimerini” on Wednesday.
The tendency to withdraw money had therefore begun in November in the amount of 200 million euros. The development show the concerns of citizens, it said in the newspaper report.
machines must be equipped with sufficient money
On Monday, the director of a bank branch had said in the Athens suburb of Peristeri, you go especially in ATMs very careful: This by no means a greater “bank run” is triggered, the Institute made sure that all equipment is properly stocked with cash.
Recent surveys in Greece show a projection of the Left Party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) Alexis Tsipras. This aims at a renegotiation of the Greek consolidation program and a haircut.
Lead the left SYRIZA shrinks
The bourgeois New Democracy (ND) under the incumbent Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, however, has in recent days made up, according to pollsters. The projection of SYRIZA has shrunk by about seven percentage points in November to three or four points.
The former chief economist of the European Central Bank (ECB), Jürgen Stark, expressed with regard to the elections in Greece criticism of the bailout policy of the ECB. “Greece has been since 2010 in fact repeatedly insolvent”, he said the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”
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is again and again with new money in the Member States and the ECB’s insolvency abducted. Now showed “the still unsolved problems in the strongest”. In protest against the rescue of the ECB Stark 2011 was resigned.
Tsipras speaks of terror scenarios
The head of the Munich-based Ifo Institute, Hans-Werner Sinn, holding a Greek exit from the euro zone worth considering. “Quitting would be the solution to the Greek population. After leaving Greece could devalue and would compete again. The Greeks would buy agricultural products again their farmers held abroad. The wealthy Greeks would come back and would make a good part of the 100, 200 billion euros, which they have stashed abroad, invest back home and create jobs, “he said ABC Online.
Tsipras had in the past few days his constituents on economic” terror scenarios ” made aware. These will be available in the next few weeks again and again. Citizens should not be too impressed by these visions of horror, said the politician.
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