Lessons of Greek drama for Asean


Debt dilemma: Ministry of culture contract employees gather at the entrance to the Acropolis, in Athens, onThursday as they protest the delay in their salaries, some up to six months. Greece’s parliament approved a second batch of reforms needed to help unlock a huge international bailout for the stricken economy. – AFP

EUROPE has been glued to the Grexit television screen for the longest time. Going on and on for at least five years, each episode of whether Greece will remain in the eurozone or not has run longer than the longest Tamil movie of yore (although we have our own MIC version, with 1MDB trying to play catch-up).

What are the lessons for Asean of the EU’s Greek tragedy?

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