1. Introduction
It is possible but also
necessary to qualify the present situation in Greece as an economic, social but
also ecological disaster. It is a clear proof that pure neoliberal policies to
manage a debt issue can only lead to a dramatic collapse of productive capacities,
social services and capacities to cope with environmental issues. But it is
even more important to admit that all complete programs to stabilise and
develop the economy, the well known “memoranda”, and thus increase the
resources available to assume the payment of the debt, have been unrealistic
and did not realise their promises. The result is that the depression, the loss
of productive capacity, the stagnation of investment and exports, are a trap
which the most aggressive neoliberal mesures are uncapable of questionning.
