Posted on 11/06/2011 5:07:21 AM PST by markomalley
The reason why is because those who depend on or derive power from the rotten system in place CAN'T BEAR TO LET GO. These include the collectivists, central/international bankers, government wards (bureaucrats, retirees, welfare recipients, corporate contractor/donors etc.) and other various groups.
They'd utterly destroy ours and our progeny's hopes for prosperity before they'd give up one iota of the power, material gain, handouts and other benefits they suck from the current system.
They really, truly believe that paradise will be theirs if they can just get the rich to pay their “fair share.”
More of the same ...
Evangelos Venizelos was born in Thessaloniki on 1 January 1957. He is married to Lila A. Bakatselou and has a daughter. He was an undergraduate at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki from 1974 through 1978 and completed postgraduate studies at the University of Paris II in France. In 1980, he received his Ph.D. in Law from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
In 1984, Venizelos was appointed lecturer at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and subsequently Professor of Constitutional Law. Among other positions, he has held a post on the board of the National Centre of Public Administration , the National Bank of Greece, and the Committee for Local Radio (independent authority responsible for the oversight of local radio stations in Greece). He became a national figure in 1989, when he successfully defended Andreas Papandreou from corruption allegations. During the trial, Venizelos demonstrated his powerful gift of oratory. Impressed with his young lawyer, Andreas Papandreou included him in the PASOK list of parliamentary candidates in 1993, and when PASOK returned to power that year, Venizelos became the Government Spokesman.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelos_Venizelos
Question - Do you know if Evangelos Venizelos is descended from Eleftherios Venizelos, the Greek political leader from the turn of the 20th century?
Looks like Papademos will be the new PM. Hand picked by the EU.
Nothing so complex. By “kicking the can down the road” it becomes someone elses problem x years in the future. Remember what Marie Antoinette said “Apres nous la deluge”.
Evangelos Venizelos is a grandson of Eleftherios Venizelos — family is closely connected to Papandreou.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Greece)
Thanks. I suspected that he was related.
Man...look what happens in the EU when you propose a vote in your country!!!
The announcement follows days of talks between the Socialist government and the opposition New Democracy party over a new leader to head the government.
Mr. Papademos was seen as the front-runner, but his candidacy appeared to run into hurdles Monday after he placed conditions under which he would serve. “Mr. Papandreou is meeting with Mr. Papademos and many of Mr. Papademos’s requirements have been met,” a senior official said. “Unless there is a last-minute breakdown, I expect him to be the interim prime minister.”
Government spokesman Elias Mossialos said he expected the ruling Socialists and their conservative rival, New Democracy, to make an announcement soon, adding that talks on the new government were still under way. He also said Mr. Papandreou asked his cabinet ministers to be ready to make way for the new government.
Other names, however, have been raised and remain in the wings, including European Union Ombudsman Nikiforos Diamantouros and International Monetary Fund director Panagiotis Roumeliotis, who has been summoned back to Athens. “If there is a last-minute breakdown, one of the others could become prime minister,” the official said.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said he was stepping down without saying who would succeed him as the nation heads toward bankruptcy, but party sources said leaders had agreed it would be the speaker of parliament.
Parties from left and right settled on veteran socialist Filippos Petsalnikos, barring-last minute snags, the sources said, turning to their own political class after ditching a plan to recruit a former top European Central Bank official.
The socialist and conservative parties had wanted former ECB vice-president Lucas Papademos to lead a government of national unity but he appears to have made demands about his level of influence which they could not swallow.
http://news.yahoo.com/italian-borrowing-costs-reach-breaking-point-113448159.html
..... It sounds to me like all this resignation melodrama is just a lot of eyewash. What’s your take?
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