Europeans, mainly French offer their suport to Greeks by submitting their applications to obtain Greek citizenship. This movement, known as the "Movement of Nantes," was launched after the Cannes Summit with the slogan "I am myself a Greek". Common request is the European peoples wish: to obtain citizenship as a practical, symbolic support to the suffering of Greeks.
According to statements by the spokesman of the Greek embassy in Paris, there are already 180 requests for citizenship in the Greek consulates, most of which were submitted during the Cannes Summit period declaring their solidarity to Greece. Among those who have signed the text "The appeal of Nantes" is the French author Catherine Debusy which three years ago acquired a home in Chania and expressed her sympathy, saying among other things: "I love Greece, philosophy and the smiling people ... I did not like Europe's attitude and lack of respect for Greece."
On the support text which is posted on the website jesuisgrec.blogspot.com, the application form for the acquisition of Greek nationality can be found along with references for the lack of vision and the dictatorship of the markets. It is noted that "mankind owes to the Greek nation because it offered Europe the first seed of a direct democracy based on the elimibnation of debts and the emancipation of people from their servitude."
source:http://jesuisgrec.blogspot.com/
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