As we await the result of a confidence vote from the Greek parliament, and its quite some Gordian knot, I raise the question of whether it matters who is actually PM of this nation.
Because when you strip away all the hype, words and communiques from the G20 process, the tangible results are: no money, no plan, no confidence enhancing measures, and in fact no clue. Indeed the only change is the absolutely huge pressure on the governments of Italy and Greece this weekend. Its seems a kind of fiscal regime change.
If you want to look at a remarkable example of sovereignty transfer in a crisis, then consider the astonishing example of Greeces Project Helios. Last week, I could not quite believe that at the EU Leaders Summit communique there was a specific sentence about this massive solar energy project.
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