"We should break up with EU"

anti austerity protests athens
  • Name: Yannis Sifakekis
  • Age: 45
  • Occupation: Works for Antarsya, a radical left political group

"I am against the talks with the IMF and the EU. We need to fight against the new austerity program. Instead, we need to cancel the debt and get the big companies under the control of the people.

It was a wrong decision by the previous governments to take out the loans, and it is a wrong decision to try to restructure the debts. We need to cancel the debts. The loans didn't go to the people, they went to the banks and that was wrong.

We should break up with the EU. The crucial thing is not if we have the euro or drachma. It's about who controls the banks. We have 1.3 million unemployed people. We need to fight back."

First published June 28, 2015: 2:09 PM ET

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