Takis S. Pappas thinks nothing less than full-scale nation-building in Greece can solve Europe's crisis:
Rebuilding a state is not easy. It will surely take a long time, and require huge initiative on a massive scale and at great cost; it will also involve a huge transfer of sovereignty from Athens to Brussels, which, however, depending on how it is done, need not necessarily provoke resentment among the Greek people. But this is an inexorable task if the EU wants to avoid a looming breakdown, not just of the euro, as many currently seem to fear, but of something much more important – the European project itself, which, for all its many deficiencies and enormous cost, has nevertheless defined Europe’s postwar stability and growth.
(Photo: People pass by piles of garbage on October 14, 2011 in Athens, on the eleventh day of a protest by garbage collectors. Greece's two main unions said they would hold a two-day general strike next week against new austerity cuts by the government to address an unravelling debt crisis that has shaken the eurozone. The leading GSEE union that represents private sector staff said the strike would be held on October 19 and 20, revising earlier plans for a one-day action. By Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images)
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