[Livia]

Taken from the newsletter of Vicky Ford MEP:

"Yet again eyes are focused on Greece. The British media caricatures this as a Germany vs Greece battle but I am struck by comments from other countries. My Croatian colleague Ruža Tomašić asked "why should the Greek pensions be paid by people who have lower pension expectations themselves?" another colleague described how a "haircut" on Greek debt would be paid for by nurses in Portugal. I understand that Estonia has already sent over 4 percent of their GDP to Greece, Malta 3.5% and Slovenia over 3%. I hope that this new deal does help to get the Greek economy moving again but I fear it's not solved.