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Greece loses EU voting power in blow to sovereignty
London Daily Telegraph, U.K. ^
| Tuesday February 16, 2010
| Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Posted on 02/16/2010 1:04:10 PM PST by jpl
The council of EU finance ministers said Athens must comply with austerity demands by March 16 or lose control over its own tax and spend policies altogether. It if fails to do so, the EU will itself impose cuts under the draconian Article 126.9 of the Lisbon Treaty in what would amount to economic suzerainty.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: eu; europe; europeanunion; greece; socialismsucks
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Wow. What a rotten situation Europe finds itself in.
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posted on
02/16/2010 1:04:10 PM PST
by
jpl
To: jpl
The EU is evil. Leave now, Greece.
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posted on
02/16/2010 1:05:52 PM PST
by
rintense
(Only dead fish go with the flow, which explains why Congress stinks.)
To: rintense
The EU is evil. Leave now, Greece.Best post on this topic I've seen so far.
To: jpl
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posted on
02/16/2010 1:07:38 PM PST
by
Drill Thrawl
(Another day, another injury, another step closer. Are you prepared?)
To: jpl
Oh, Suzerainty,
Don’t you cry for me...............
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posted on
02/16/2010 1:08:20 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Education makes people easy to lead, difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.)
To: jpl
I had to look it up:
suzerainty [ˈsuːzərəntɪ] n pl -ties
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the position, power, or dignity of a suzerain
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the relationship between suzerain and subject
su·ze·rain (szr-n, -z-rn)
n.
1. A nation that controls another nation in international affairs but allows it domestic sovereignty.
2. A feudal lord to whom fealty was due.
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posted on
02/16/2010 1:08:23 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
To: jpl
“...Economic suzerainty.”
Like THAT’s gonna go down real well....
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posted on
02/16/2010 1:08:37 PM PST
by
mo
To: rintense
The EU is evil. Leave now, Greece. Whaaaat? Greece spends itself into bankruptcy, elects a Socialist Government and demands the EU bail it out. How is this the fault of the "evil EU"?
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posted on
02/16/2010 1:09:15 PM PST
by
Ben Mugged
(Unions are the storm troopers of socialism.)
To: Drill Thrawl
The BOOM was this afternoon..............
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posted on
02/16/2010 1:09:15 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Education makes people easy to lead, difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.)
To: Drill Thrawl
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posted on
02/16/2010 1:09:19 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Education makes people easy to lead, difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.)
To: jpl
“...Economic suzerainty.”
Like THAT’s gonna go down real well....
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posted on
02/16/2010 1:09:20 PM PST
by
mo
To: rintense; kosta50; Kolokotronis
The EU is evil. Leave now, Greece.
Totally Correct! I pray that the heroic Greek people will re-discver that it takes only 300 not the EU!!!!!
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posted on
02/16/2010 1:09:42 PM PST
by
eleni121
(For Jesus did not give us a timid spirit , but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline)
To: rintense
Greece is stuck. The alternative is Zimbabwe inflation.
To: jpl
This is predictable. Stay part of the Euro, get a bailout but lose your sovereignity. Or voluntarily or involuntarily leave the Euro. It will be very interesting to see ow the Greeks respond to this.
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posted on
02/16/2010 1:09:54 PM PST
by
C19fan
To: the invisib1e hand
I believe in being succinct.
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posted on
02/16/2010 1:10:02 PM PST
by
rintense
(Only dead fish go with the flow, which explains why Congress stinks.)
To: jpl
Shades of California’s future?
To: rintense
Who then would subsidize Greece ?
The Greek government are the beggars in this situation.
More likely (though very unlikely anyway) is that Greece would be expelled from the EU as a deadbeat.
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posted on
02/16/2010 1:10:22 PM PST
by
buwaya
To: Ben Mugged
"... Whaaaat? Greece spends itself into bankruptcy, elects a Socialist Government and demands the EU bail it out. How is this the fault of the "evil EU"?" Um, by making Dutchmen and Spaniards pay for it?
To: buwaya
Perhaps that’s what the Greek government needs to become self sustaining. No good can come from the EU.
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posted on
02/16/2010 1:11:24 PM PST
by
rintense
(Only dead fish go with the flow, which explains why Congress stinks.)
To: jpl
1914: Wow. What a rotten situation Europe finds itself in.
1932: Wow. What a rotten situation Europe finds itself in.
1945: Wow. What a rotten situation Europe finds itself in.
1973: Wow. What a rotten situation Europe finds itself in.
2010: Wow. What a rotten situation Europe finds itself in.
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posted on
02/16/2010 1:11:33 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Education makes people easy to lead, difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.)
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