A new idea steals across Europe - should Greece's debt be forgiven?

As anti-austerity Syriza rises in the polls, threatening a crisis, experts are starting to believe default might be best for everyone Forgiveness: it's a rare enough quality in family life, let alone international policymaking. But if, as the polls suggest, the populist Syriza party wins next weekend's Greek election, Athens will be asking its European brothers and sisters to forgive and forget some of the €317bn (£240bn) it still owes, so that its economy - and society - can recover from mor...