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Lessons from the Greek failure in 2015, when finance minister Yanis Varoufakis tried to call Brussels' bluff - and lost (Photo: The Council of the European Union)

Brexit vs Grexit: The six stages of losing to the EU

As Theresa May is trying to convince Brussels to accept Britain's terms for exiting the EU, the international community is almost certain that the attempt will fail.

The British government will persist in presenting the negotiations as a national success irrespective of the outcome.

May's venture seems very similar to the last, failed attempt by Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras in 2015 to persuade Brussels to accept hi...

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Thimios Tzallas is a London-based newspaper journalist, author and political commentator. He writes for Kathimerini newspaper in Athens and his book Brexit, Europe and Greece will be published in 2019 by Epikentro publishers.

Lessons from the Greek failure in 2015, when finance minister Yanis Varoufakis tried to call Brussels' bluff - and lost (Photo: The Council of the European Union)

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Thimios Tzallas is a London-based newspaper journalist, author and political commentator. He writes for Kathimerini newspaper in Athens and his book Brexit, Europe and Greece will be published in 2019 by Epikentro publishers.

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