EU elites are trying to scare Greeks and Irish into swallowing austerity, but it's they who brought the economy to its knees

Democracy has never been the European Union's strongest suit. It's an institution where the unelected and the barely accountable have always called the shots – and electorates are routinely made to vote again if they get the answer wrong in a referendum. So perhaps it's no surprise that as soon as it became clear the Greeks would be given another say on the austerity programme that has already driven their country into 1930s-style depression, the threats and bullying began in earnest.

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