Actually, that is a meaningless statement for if the first event, the tragedy, is history repeating itself, then there must have been an even earlier one. In his view Napoleon I was the tragedy and Napoleon III, the farce. But what came before that?
However, there is no getting away from the fact that all historical parallels one can draw for present events in Greece and Italy show the situation up as farce. For the time being, anyway.
Yup. As far as farces go, the Sarko, Merko, Barroso Show takes some beating. (I would have included Rompuy, but somehow inclusion of his name kills any hint of comedy)
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