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Greece rocked by reports of secret plan to raid banks for drachma return
The Guardian ^ | 26 July 2015

Posted on 07/27/2015 9:38:49 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Greece rocked by reports of secret plan to raid banks for drachma return

Opposition demands answers after covert proposals attributed to Yanis Varoufakis and fellow ex-minister highlight deep split in Syriza party

Staff and agencies

Sunday 26 July 2015 19.39 BST

Some members of Greece’s leftist-led government wanted to raid central bank reserves and hack taxpayer accounts to prepare a return to the drachma, according to reports that highlighted the chaos in the ruling Syriza party.

It is not clear how seriously the government considered the plans, attributed to former energy minister Panagiotis Lafazanis and ex-finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. Lafazanis was sacked from his post and Varoufakis resigned earlier this month. However, the revelations have been seized on by opposition parties who are demanding an explanation.

The reports on Sunday came at the end of a week of fevered speculation over what Syriza hardliners had in mind as an alternative to the tough bailout terms Tsipras has reluctantly accepted to keep Greece in the eurozone.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: currency; drachma; greece

1 posted on 07/27/2015 9:38:49 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Coming soon to a planet near you.


2 posted on 07/27/2015 9:40:24 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
I don't think they realize what's happening in the world.

http://www.barchart.com/futures/heatmap

Just looking at that chart tells a story the cult media won't.

3 posted on 07/27/2015 9:46:06 PM PDT by MaxMax (Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS,)
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To: BenLurkin
if you're powerful enough... u go to war to solve it..if you're not...that's what you do...

but you're right coming here sometime....

4 posted on 07/27/2015 9:50:28 PM PDT by M-cubed ( Their hope is to find a way to pick a nominee who, if elected, would actually stay the course the w)
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To: MaxMax

It is easy enough to surmise, the world has outspent its future.


5 posted on 07/27/2015 9:54:52 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Jonty30
I found that map posted by one of our fellow Freepers, and it's a good
indicator of the heartbeat in America.
6 posted on 07/27/2015 9:59:06 PM PDT by MaxMax (Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS,)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

How drachmatic.


7 posted on 07/27/2015 10:38:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: TigerLikesRooster

That’s ok, Trump’s wife says he had rough sex with her 25 years ago today...that’s all that matters. LOL.


8 posted on 07/28/2015 3:32:22 AM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'profile' page))
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To: MaxMax

How did you manage to make that not-a-link? Free Republic makes that a link automagically, as here:

http://www.barchart.com/futures/heatmap


9 posted on 07/28/2015 4:18:51 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster
If I place a link in without any other text it shows up as a link,
but the moment I open my big mouth the link turns into text.

/Shrug

10 posted on 07/28/2015 8:06:16 AM PDT by MaxMax (Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS,)
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