Yesterday's
threat by Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos of the Independent Greeks to
'flood' Europe with refugees including
potential IS members has arguably brought German-Greek relations to a new low.
Pawel Swidlicki, Policy Analyst
http://openeurope.org.uk/blog/new-low-german-greek-relations/
9 March
2015
Since it
came to power, the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition has effectively written
the textbook of how not to negotiate in Europe .
Irrespective of whether one agrees with them on substance, they spend too much
political capital on pointless posturing and divisive rhetoric. However,
despite the lack of success so far, it appears that some in Athens are now seeking to ramp up the
rhetoric as opposed to dialing it down.