Department of Yikes

…his German counterpart [finance minister] suggested postponing Greek elections and installing [sic] a new government without political parties.

I do understand the financial motive here, but this is not a good idea!  It is even less of a good idea to say so in public.  Is the goal simply to irritate the Greeks so much that they leave the Eurozone on their own?  Twitter rumors are suggesting that Finland and the Netherlands are raising similar ideas, namely postponing elections and, it seems, simply ruling the country through its budget?  I am not sure how this is supposed to work, or to be received in Greece, or why it should be a good precedent for the European Union.  The FT story is here.