Picairn wrote:The Republic of Fore wrote:Agreements can be broken at any time. Just because I said I'd do something ten years ago doesn't mean I'm bound to it the rest of my life. If the EU wants to remove Greece, they're free to do so. But they won't. So why shouldn't Greece treat refugees how it chooses? If there's no punishment, then there's no reason not to break the law.
Except that in this case you didn't just say something, you signed a friggin' contract with full legal terms and conditions. Breaking the contract can bring consequences to you, just like violating international law in real life. EU can choose to cut the enormous aid it sent to Greece, and the Greek economy, already on life support, will go into an even deeper crisis.
But there's no real proof the EU will actually do anything more than, as Jimmy Carrey would say it "Piss and moan like an impotent jerk".