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"Greek people don't want to work. It's warm there and they don't want to make an effort. It's just not in their nature," he said. "It's warm all the time and they don't have to buy winter tires for cars. Greeks don't need fur coats and they don't have to pay for heating."This attitude is fairly prevalent.
Greece gets EU fire-fighting assistance (video)
Greek banks face full nationalisationSo Greek banks would go from being partly nationalised to wholly nationalised for the foreseeable future.Of course, paradoxically, that may be the dream-come-true of the left-wing Syriza government - though in practice Mr Tsipras and his colleagues won't be thrilled that the banks would be run from Frankfurt and Brussels, owners of Greece and its banks via the bailout, not Athens.