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Matthew Parris

Greeks just want to keep what they’ve got

The ‘no’ vote in Athens is simply what all of us would do – thanks to avantage acquis

11 July 2015

9:00 AM

11 July 2015

9:00 AM

We were breakfasting outside on the morning of the Greek referendum. The result could only be guessed at and all the polls were saying it was neck-and-neck. I thought ‘yes’ would win because surely Greek people believe in membership of the EU. Our friend Marie, however, who is French, announced that it would be a decisive ‘no’.

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