Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

How can the Minister of State say he or the EU are interested in negotiation or flexibility with the Greek Government when he supported the EU's stance of “take it or leave it”? The EU proposed a plan and told the Greek Government to accept it or else it would pull the plug. It is blackmail, not negotiation.

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