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The Brief – Give the world what it so craves, Eurobonds [barf alert]
EurActiv ^ | Apr 10, 2025 19:26 | Magnus Lund Nielsen

Posted on 04/10/2025 11:05:09 AM PDT by Olog-hai

The euro has what the dollar just gave away: trust.

So it is high time for Europe to begin issuing joint debt — or Eurobonds, in bubble-speak.

Advocates have long made their case plain: Eurobonds would not only finance European rearmament — or, in Mediterranean, “readiness” — they would give investors a safe haven for long-term investments as the world rearranges its trade furniture.

The last few weeks can only have strengthened their case. Yesterday, the US genius-in-chief realised that his GPT-crafted penguin-tariffs may not have been the killer 5D chess move his yes-men first made them out to be.

A straightforward explanation for the rollover could be that Trump realized that the tariffs were shaking the very foundations of the US economy.

Yesterday, returns on US Treasury bonds soared, signaling a mass selloff that pushed bond prices down and yields up.

At one point, Greek government bonds (backed by the ECB, I should say) were a more lucrative investment than their American counterparts. Oh, how the tables have turned. …

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TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: eurobonds; eussr; fourthreich; tds
The EUSSR has to be broken up before they can pull off a stunt like this.

And since EUSSR arming is termed “rearmament”, it’s clear that they regard it as the successor to some earlier European power.

1 posted on 04/10/2025 11:05:09 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

I’m sure all those young European men are just jumping at the chance to throw their lives away to fight Russia only for their countries to be given away to “migrants”.


2 posted on 04/10/2025 11:11:19 AM PDT by packagingguy
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They won’t have to fight Russia. The Eurocrats are allied with Russia behind the scenes; they’re using the fear of Russia to put all of the European countries’ militaries under the German aegis.


3 posted on 04/10/2025 11:13:07 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Eurobarf.


4 posted on 04/10/2025 11:13:45 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: Olog-hai

Finish this sentence: Europe can be trusted to...


5 posted on 04/10/2025 11:14:10 AM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: Olog-hai
Give the world what it so craves...

Brawndo Has What Plants Crave!

6 posted on 04/10/2025 11:14:53 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Ah yes. Bring back the Weimar Wheelbarrow.


7 posted on 04/10/2025 11:16:48 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: lurk

The Eurodrones will be happy to insert any anti-American lie after that.


8 posted on 04/10/2025 11:17:50 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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Well, Magnus Lund Nielsen, when what you have to offer is: “The last few weeks can only have strengthened their case. Yesterday, the US genius-in-chief realised that his GPT-crafted penguin-tariffs may not have been the killer 5D chess move his yes-men first made them out to be”. I ask you: what’s your plan?


9 posted on 04/10/2025 11:20:21 AM PDT by kawhill (What is it you seek? Peace. Aw, Peace. Expensive to purchase.)
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People like that run on hate.

As Lenin once said, “Hatred is the basis of communism”; it clearly is the basis of socialism, which they claim is a “predecessor” to their theoretical stateless communist society.


10 posted on 04/10/2025 11:23:57 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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“Yesterday, the US genius-in-chief realised that his GPT-crafted penguin-tariffs may not have been the killer 5D chess move his yes-men first made them out to be ...”

Oh, it certainly was not a killer 5D chess move. It was a tortuous 75d chess move and the losing party is China.


11 posted on 04/10/2025 11:41:53 AM PDT by Racketeer
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I’d gladly pay for some negative interest German bonds. Not.


12 posted on 04/10/2025 11:53:24 AM PDT by glorgau
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No, I’ve thinking about chocolate eclairs.


13 posted on 04/10/2025 12:06:34 PM PDT by GingisK
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Fentynal and patriarchy?


14 posted on 04/10/2025 12:47:28 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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Dear Bond Investor:

Allah prohibits interest.

May Allah provide you with wisdom.


15 posted on 04/10/2025 12:48:14 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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There are about five trillion possible new reasons for higher US interest rates.


16 posted on 04/10/2025 12:50:07 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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The reason for the proposed bond issue is to get some cash in the till for the EU and the member states for a gusher of domestic spending in the hope of keeping right-wing parties out of power.


17 posted on 04/10/2025 2:01:55 PM PDT by Rockingham
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