Stamatis Phasoulis is not a politician, he is not an economist, he is not a technocrat. Subsequently he does not analyse politically, economically or technocratically. He is a man of the the theater, director/actor and maybe more. A brilliant satirist. And of course the image is his domain. So Stamatis Phassoulis in an interview on Greek state television last night made a brilliant analysis of an image.
The image was of Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor. He said, picture her in black and white. Think in terms of old photographs. You will realise that she wears a uniform. It is always the same. A tight fitting uniform. Something that is much clearer in black and white, because she has the same uniform in different colours.
Her hair, always the same too, brings to mind the old fashioned way of cutting hair. You put a bowl or a saucepan on the head an cut away the protruding hair. This was the sensible, disciplined way of cutting hair. No fancy stuff. Rigour. Cropped hair and a uniform.
Does the policy she insists on and her way of imposing it surprise you any more?