Sir, – With the election of Syriza, the EU and its institutions are now at a crossroads.
They could heed the verdict of the Greek people, and attempt to find pragmatic, society-led solutions and policies that focus on the most pressing problems facing the people of Europe – unemployment and a contraction in opportunities for social progression.
Or they could crush the newly elected Greek government back into a conformity that is failing ordinary people, at the expense of the most powerful in society, and ultimately make Japan’s “lost decades” look like the Roaring Twenties.
Your choice, Europe. – Yours, etc,
TOMÁS M CREAMER,
Ballinamore, CoLeitrim.
Sir, – With all due respect to Christine Lagarde, I think that when history comes looking for the “real heroes” of the Great Recession, it is more likely to find them in Greece rather than in Ireland. – Yours, etc,
MIKE SCOTT,
Ballybough, Dublin 3.