EU calls euro membership ‘irrevocable’ but renegotiable

The European Union’s executive Commission said Monday that membership in the euro bloc is “irrevocable” but left it open to what extent Greece could renegotiate the terms after elections on Jan. 25.

Greece’s left-wing Syriza party leads the polls ahead of the elections and is in favor of changing the conditions of the country’s international bailout deal. That would likely anger the rest of the eurozone, which has given Athens the bulk of the rescue loans. […]

EU spokeswoman Annika Breidthardt said Monday that if the Greek elections call for a need to reconsider the conditions of Athens’ membership within the 19-country eurozone, “we will deal with that once the Greek voters have cast their verdict.”

At the same time, she insisted that a full exit by Greece was not on the cards since the euro rules say “membership is irrevocable.” …

I wonder how many Europeans knew that anything they ever voted for led to irrevocable membership in an organization that’s in slavery to German banks.

Too few European citizens got to vote for it. It was just rammed through by their own governments for the most part.

The Black Hole of the EU

... consumes everything, including freedom

I wonder how many Americans knew that adopting the Constitution was “irrevocable?”
Esp. since several states stated specifically to the contrary in the articles in which they adopted the Constitution!
Stuff like this has a high potential for creating a civil war.

“Irrevocable”- does that mean Brussels is going to send troops if Greece withdraws? Somehow I don’t think it is that “irrevocable.”

Americans generally do not recognize the complexity of the "EU". Wiki has some interesting diagrams, here is the latest:

FYI, the wiki site has a clickable Euler diagram showing the relationships between various multinational European organizations and agreements.

It is possible for Greece to exit the Euro while remain in the EEA, Schengen (security zone), BSEC, EEA, EU and EU customs......

“irrevocable”

And that would be even more reason NOT to join it.

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