Tsipras cheerleaders forgetting the crisis

The Greek Orthodox Easter period is gone and there was much talk of ascension, of rising from the dead to sacred heights. This formidable achievement is not only reserved to citizens with religious beliefs. It is currently also on display in Greek politics and the manner in which Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is being showered with praise on the European stage.

The German media, which unloaded buckets of criticism on Greece during the bailout years, has now switched course completely and discovered a new political star in Athens, namely the current resident of Maximos Mansion. Not to be outdone in the cheerleading efforts by Berlin, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Pierre Moscovici has left no stone unturned and no opportunity wasted to herald the achievements of Tsipras' government, the success story that Greece now is and who...

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