‘We won’t pay for your crisis’ is a frequent refrain of protest throughout the continent. The reality is we will all pay for the crisis in one way or another: we must make sure that the crisis leads to a more just, equal and democratic society. As the crisis is being dealt with at a transnational European level, alternative propositions must be made at this level.

Yesterday, 4th of October, general elections were held in Greece. Despite only one out of every three Greeks rejecting their right to vote, the politicians claimed that the Greek people have spoken. New Democracy, the former governing party has lost with 33,48% against PASOK, the socialist party, which won with a strong majority of 43,93% , occupying now 160 seats in the parliament.

Immigrants in Greece exist everywhere, but no one knows where. No one talks about them. They are ignored. The Greek policy makers remember them when they talk about criminality and the perils of social instability.

“Turkey does not want to become the biggest refugee camp in the world” said the Turkish minister for European Affairs, Egemen Bagis, as Turkey is facing steady pressures emanating from Greece and the EU according to which Turkey does not fight efficiently enough against illegal immigration.