An Exit From Europe Would Be Our Own Greek Tragedy

May 24 (Bloomberg) -- Greece is going through one of itsperiodic self-mutilations. After trying for decades to become afull member of the European Union, and succeeding, it’s doingits best to get thrown out.

With new elections due in June, the country’s two-partysystem has been shattered. A mosaic of smaller parties that areeither openly anti-European or pledging themselves to policiesthat would drive Greece from the euro did well on May 6.