€uro never faced a 2009 Crisis says Greek Top Politician f.MEP Samaras : Calls to check 1981-2001
In fact, Euro € Monetary System never faced a real Crisis, because what happened back in 2009 , was only an Articficial Exploitation of 1980 - 2001 Darkspots stemming from the Past of a pro-Euro period, long before the creation of the € Currency, and all these grave errors or even crimes committed against not only Greece but also Europe at large must be clearly elucidated now, when a whole Historic Period concludes (1981-2010), the new Leader of Greece's main opposition party of ChristianDemocrats/EPP de "New Democracy", former Minister and MEP at EU Parliament in Strasbourg, Nicos Samaras, stressed in substance, (reminding when EuroArea was threatened by exagerated percentages Markets asked to lend Money to the current Greek Government after it anounced a Bigger Deficit than expected, until EU created a Double Protection Mechanism, one for Greece's urgency and another, bigger one, in order to prevent any eventual Speculation vis a vis any EuroZone Member States, that proved so Succesful that it didn't even have to trigger it yet).
- "We need Sharp Truths" to "change People's Anger into Hope" with a "Revolution of Consciousness", because Greece and EU "needs a Big Bang" to foster "a shock of Competitivity, Investment and Innovation", "now that a whole Historic Period concludes", underlined, among others, in a landmark speech at Thessaloniki's International Economic Fair, followed also by several other relevant statements and developments on that issue shortly afterwards.
Several MEPs, who commented Samara's statements, during EU Parliament's Plenary Session in Strasbourg, including Experienced long-time MEP, and former Minister, Marietta Giannakou, Member of ChristianDemocrats/EPP's Bureau, etc., attracted "EuroFora"s attention to the original sources in Greek language, from which we publish in English certain selected key parts on this growing Controversy on €uroZone's real Strength (apparently even bigger than routinely said), in order to stir Public Debate :
- In fact, "PASOK .. inflated the Deficit's real numbers during the last 3 Months", because, "with the Measures already anounced" by the previous, ND Government of Costas Caramanlis, "last Year's (2009's) Deficit would close to 9,9% at the outmost".. But "the PASOK Government cancelled those Corrective Measures, transferred Revenues of 2009 to 2010, and wrote Expenses of 2010 inside 2009, (etc), so that, with "methods of Creative Acounting" it (artificially) augmented the 2009 Deficit for more than +3,7%,, (artificially) inflating it from 9,9% to 13,6% !", he denounced.
+ But, even that, wasn't enough in order to provoke a Crisis : - "Loans' interest rates, .. on October (2009), when the PASOK Government took over, the so-called "Spreads" were just at 130 units. On November (2009), when a 2-digit Deficit number was anounced (See supra), Spreads still were at about 180 units. Even at the end of January (2010), Spreads were around 200 units". It's only "afterwards (that) they exploded", jumping up to more than .. 800, and "now they are at Third World levels of 1.000 units...", he denounced.
- These facts prove, according to Samaras, that "the Truth is .. that PASOK (i.e. the current "Socialist" Government) inherited a Deficit Similar to what exists also elsewhere in Europe, and it changed it, on its own Responsibility, into an unprecedented Crisis of Borrowing, unique in Europe !", he denounced.
- Even "on January 2010, Global Markets offered large possibilities to borrow Money, enough to cover up all (the Year) 2010", "waiting for the Government to take some decisive measures. Even "from January up to March 2010, foreign Markets offered us, for more than a Year, more than 43 Billions €, from which we took just 14 !", he criticized. "Up to January, Markets still trusted Greece for Lending", but it's only "afterwards (that) they fully lost all their trust to Greek (Government's) bonds", he observed.
- Things were agraveted because, "instead of taking certain (necessary) Measures immediately", on the contrary, the current Prime Minister Georges "Papandreou was running in Greece and abroad, himself and his counselors, claiming that the Economy was in Intensive (care), that Greece was the most Corrupted Country in the World, that we are at the "Titanik", ready to drown", etc. so that "a Deficit Problem, similar to that of many other other European Countries, into an unprecedented, never seen before, Borrowing Crisis" at the beginning of 2010, he concluded.
Papandreou accepted to "include the 2001 period, when (USA's) Goldman Sachs participated in shaping the Data presented for an (earlier than normal) entry in the €uro-Monetary System", observing that "the Investigation will arrive up to that period", but, reportedly, "clearly implied that it wasn't going to reach up to 1981", because, "as he characteristically said : - "We won't right a History Book !"...
However, meanwhile, former Prime Minister Costas Simitis (PASOK), reportedly reacted by saying that, if 2000-2001 period should be investigated, then, the enquiry should also extend at least since 1996-1999...
Unless an EU Parliament or other EU-inspired Investigation clearly asks to ensure that all the Truth will be known, since 1981 if necessary, on all relevant Facts able to provide a reply to the question what really trigerred €uro's 1st, unprecedented Crisis, which required for the EU and EuroZone to organize many Summits and take several Measures before it succeeded to put the situation under control in mid 2010...
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EU Rapporteur on Enlargment Strategy, maistream German MEP Elmar Brok, speaking to "EuroFora", welcomed the proposal made earlier this week by French President Nicolas Sarkozy for the EU to"start Now Talks with Turkey to create a common Economic and Security area", instead of full Accession, at a period when Ankara looks more and more unfit and/or unwilling to respect EU conditions.
- "For Europe to have strong Political will, it must stop dilutiing itself in an endless Enlargement. It must have borders...Diversities enrich, on the condition that they don't undermine European Cohesion, and don't weaken EU Unity", Sarkozy stressed.
- "Countries like Turkey share a part of common destiny with Europe, with which they have a vocation to build a Privileged Relation, to be closely associated, but not to become Member of the EU" : "Noone respects his friends by telling them lies. Noone respects his friends by making them promises that will be never kept", he added.
That's why "we'd better start, from now, negotiating with Turkey to create a common Economic and Security area", Sarkozy proposed.
Significantly, the French President was repeatedly and largely applauded by EU citizens, 3 times, when he made the Turkey point, (strategically placed between Europe's "Political Will" and its cultural heritage, historically open to mutually enriching dialogue with all the World, but never diluted).
- "We could propose such a great ambition also to Russia, which must not be percieved as an Adversary of Europe, but as a Partner. Thus, we'd create a wide area, of more than 800 Million inhabitants, sharing the same Security, the same Prosperity", he concluded.
Sarkozy's move was anounced at the eve of a Franco-German Top meeting with Chancellor Angie Merkel in Berlin on Sunday, to jointly launch the EU Elections campain, after an EU Summit at nearby Prague, to launch a new kind of relations, called "Eastern Partnership", with neighboring countries such as Urkaine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaidjan, etc, (to which Russia, reportedly, is not - and does not want to be - included).
As for Ukraine, which has already expressed her wish to join the EU in future, "Kiev will have a special place, and a very important role to play", replied earlier this week in Strasbourg, to an "EuroFora" question EU Chairman in office , Czech vice-Prime Minister Alexander Vodra.
- "This direction is more Realistic for Turkey than Accession negotiations", reacted immediately EU Parliament's Rapporteur for Enlargment Strategy, mainstream German MEP Elmar Brok, commenting Sarkozy's idea for "EuroFora"
Particularly "as far as it concerns the respect of EU Rules by both sides", he added, hinting at Turkey's now obvious inability and/or unwillingness to abide with EU Acquis, EU Commitments (fex. on Cyprus, etc), and European Democracy/Human Rights rules. (Comp. infra).
Brok added that, in his view, a similar proposal might be made also to Ukraine and other neighbouring Countries, regardless if they have, or not, a "European vocation". This would not necessarily mean that there couldn't be any accession prospects at all." for all the countries that might be included in this area, according to Brok. But it's preferable, particularly for Turkey, "because it's a more Realistic approach than full Membership".
On this point, Sarkozy's proposal, (which he'll share with German Chancellor Merkel), seems more crystal-clear.
- "Turkey does not fullfil EU Criteria, and will never fullfil EU Criteria" on Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law. "Some have been lying to Ankara, but we must tell the Truth, and have honest and close relations with her", said meanwhile to "EuroFora" on the same issue also the President of EU Parliament's largest Group of MEPs (ChristianDemocrats/EPP), Joseph Daul.
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"Hot" Debate at EU Parliament reveals CHANGE of mood towards "Suspension" of EU - Tukey talks.
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Earlier this week, many MEPs, and even some of those who were previously in favor of Turkey's controversial EU bid, strongly criticized the persistance and even aggravation of serious Human Rights violations in the country, that ECHR continues to "unanimously" condemn ":
- "After winning a big victory in the latest Local Elections, the pro-Kurdish party DTP almost doubled its Elected Mayors from 52 to 98", but afterwards "more than 400 politicians were thrown to Prison and prosecuted" by the Turkish Authorities, denounced on behalf of the ChristianDemocrat/EPP Group, Belgian MEP Frieda Brepoels.
At the same time, "more than 1.500 Children are closed in Turkish Prisons", she added. "What will the EU Commission do" against these facts ?
- "Turkey appears to be at greater Distance away from Copenhagen Criteria after 4 Years of accession Negotiations, than when they started !", denounced on behalf of the Liberal Group, German MEP Alexander Lambsdorf.
"On the central issue of Press Freedom, Critical Journalists face obstacles for their accreditation, others are prosecuted, condemned, fined and/or jailed, Media blocked or closed", he denounced.
- "EU Made 2 grave Mistakes with Turkey : To start accession negotiations, and to continue them", despite everything, criticized Dutch MEP Bastian Belder, on behalf of the Ind/Dem group.
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