For the last 3 years it has seemed like the PASOK regime has folded like a handkerchief in the face of EU and Troika demands.
Now that Papandreou is more or less out of the picture and with Samaras having a more prominent role the Greek government now appears to be putting up some form of resistance to the extreme pressure coming from the Troika.
The Troika it is alleged, have demanded signatures regarding Greece’s commitment to the enforcement of the latest bailout, Samaras has said this is an insult to the integrity of Greece
Venizelos now also appears to be finding some backbone in resisting the bankers requests to completely replace the interim government with their members.
Venizelos appears to have decided to voice his opinion in the face of a full on banker take over with the possible appointment of Lucas Papademos, the ex Governor of the private Greek Central Bank and ex Vice President of the European Central Bank.
Fortunately Venizelos now appears to have changed his perspective and is resisting the demands of the international banking cartel.
Currently the Greek government appears to be in a little bit of chaos which is a positive step as it means any tax increases will be delayed but it is also a negative as any tax reductions are also off the cards while there is a stalemate.
Hopefully Greece will come to its senses and see that appointing the ex Central Bank of Greece governor who oversaw Greece’s now admitted, fraudulent entry of the country into the Euro is a bad idea.
How a Central Bank Governor who oversaw Greece’s fraudulent entry into the Euro can be considered as Prime Minister of the country is extremely unorthodox.
To quote Sarkozy
And not only was Greece’s entry into the done with deliberately cooked figures, these same figures have led Greece directly to the crisis it finds itself in today and yet the Greek political elite are saying one of the key players in the whole debt crisis fiasco should be made prime minister at the peak of the crisis he himself created.
To use a metaphor, it is like putting the financial controller of the Athens Olympics, which went 100% over budget, in charge of the Greek economy. Unfortunately that is not a metaphor, that is the current reality.
Little is known about his views on finance and economics other than that he was in charge of preparing Athens for the 2004 Olympics, a project which mushroomed in cost, much of it state money.
There could be a pattern emerging of the guys who are one of the main sources of Greece’s political problems being brought it to try to save the country from the situation they themselves created.
In short I believe it would be a huge mistake for Papademos to be appointed prime minister.
Again, the Europeans were fully aware that Greece had manipulated the data yet they pretended it was OK because entrance of Greece in the Eurozone meant they profited from the sales of weapons and through their corporations that had the entire market open to them because the domestic production was destroyed deliberately by EU policies. Sarkozy as typical liar and scum that he is pretends to ignore this fact.
Again I agree with you but the fact is that we as taxpayers were not necessarily aware of Greece’s problems, we have been lied to by the EU dictatorship, the politicians in our own country as well as the big banks who are supposed to be acting in the best interests of their customers.
The Greek bail out is going the same way as the Argentinian bailout ie the IMF is granting loans to the country to try and avert a default but the real purpose of the “bail out” loans to Argentina were to put the money center banks at the head of the queue when it came to work out who would get paid back and who would not. (This was done through the condition attached to the bailouts)
So the little guy ended up taking the biggest hit
The conditions attached to the Troika loans have not be publicized to my knowledge but I would not be surprised if they were similar to those between the IMF and Argentina