A Speech of Hope for Greece
To commemorate its founding 25 years ago, PS is republishing a selection of commentaries written since 1994. In the following commentary, Yanis Varoufakis called on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to deliver a message of hope to the Greek people, just as America did for Germany in the aftermath of World War II.
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ATHENS – On September 6, 1946 US Secretary of State James F. Byrnes traveled to Stuttgart to deliver his historic “Speech of Hope.” Byrnes’ address marked America’s post-war change of heart vis-à-vis Germany and gave a fallen nation a chance to imagine recovery, growth, and a return to normalcy. Seven decades later, it is my country, Greece, that needs such a chance.