[jpl]

Wow. What a rotten situation Europe finds itself in.

[rintense]

The EU is evil. Leave now, Greece.

[Drill Thrawl]

tick, tick, tick. BOOM!

[Red Badger]

Oh, Suzerainty,
Don’t you cry for me...............

[Rebelbase]

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.

[mo]

“...Economic suzerainty.”

Like THAT’s gonna go down real well....

[mo]

“...Economic suzerainty.”

Like THAT’s gonna go down real well....

[C19fan]

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.

[Rebelbase]

Shades of California’s future?

[Red Badger]

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.

[papasmurf]

I emailed this to my BIL in Germany. Years ago, I had warned him that this could happen, and he called me stoopid! hahaha

What’s that you say? ...I didn’t do anything, because I wasn’t a Jew...

[Republic of Texas]

Totalitarianism isn’t so fun now is it Greece?

[Joe Boucher]

So maybe Greece can cozy up to Turkey and together they can join up with the moosies.
WHAT, Cyprus?

[Tzimisce]

....so what do you think of your big government Socialism now Greece? :D

[colorado tanker]

Regrettably, we have had to declare a protectorate over Greece.

[InterceptPoint]

This was easily predicted. In fact I did so myself a couple of days ago.

The choice for the EU countries was either to continue to pour good money after bad down the Greek rat hole or assume fiscal control of the Greek government. I called the later a "fiscal invasion" of Greece. I still think that fits. This article uses the term suzerainty. That's a new one for me and I assume most Freepers but if Wikipedia has heard of it then it must be a real word.

[St. Louis Conservative]

Watch the public employee unions riot in the streets if any of these “austerity measures” are actually pursued.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Looks like they failed to read the fine print in the contract.

[Nervous Tick]

Wow. What a rotten situation Europe finds put itself in.

[Niuhuru]

“What a rotten situation Europe finds itself in.”

Yet AGAIN. I think the EU is going to go the way of the Soviet Union.

[DoughtyOne]

Blow to sovereignty? Wow, that’s a bit of an upside down comment, as if membership in the E.U. was tantamount to a sovereign wet dream. Bull s—t!