EU's troika representative denies bailout creates 'democratic deficit' (Ireland)

Irish Times ^ | Friday, October 12, 2012 | Laura Slattery

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The European Commission’s representative on the troika, Istvan Szekely, has denied that there is a “democratic deficit” in the Republic as the result of the conditions attached to the its bailout program.

“The program’s main goal is to restore confidence in policies and help get Ireland get back on its feet so it can get financing on its own from the markets,” Szekely told a summit on leadership organized by employers’ group IBEC.

“It is important to point out this conditionality is negotiated with the Government,” he said. “There is no democratic deficit here.” …

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If they have to deny it, that means it is there. Why else are these oligarchs called by the name troika, a term that first popped up in the USSR?

[Incorrigible]

Ireland had to be cajoled twice to vote for the Maastricht Treaty. They got what they voted for; a “province they be”.

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Not only Maastricht, but Nice and Lisbon. They really showed that they can be bullied.

Back during the Treaty of Rome accession (1972), I don’t think that Eamon de Valera made it clear that he was signing away Ireland’s independence back then and making “European law” supreme over Irish law.