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€uro never faced a 2009 Crisis says Greek Top Politician f.MEP Samaras : Calls to check 1981-2001

Scritto da ACM
Tuesday, 21 September 2010
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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.

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- 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.

- But "Truth cannot be restricted, cut into pieces, or be closed in a kind of jail", Samaras also stressed, firmly reiterating calls for a Full Investigation which won't be limited only into a few Years time, but extended all the way up to the Decade 1980, without which nobody can have a clear overall view of what really happened, finally congratulating the fact that the current Prime Minister, George Papandreou (PASOK) just accepted to make "a 1st Step" by extending Investigations to come for "some years more", even if it's largely insufficient yet (See supra).


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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    The recent paradox of freezing EU Talks with front-runner Croatia, while continuing controversial EU - Turkey talks, despite Zagreb's acceptance of Refugees' Human Rights to return, that Ankara refuses fex. in Cyprus, while both have "Good Neighborhood" problems vis a vis Slovenia, or Greece, Cyprus and Armenia respectively, can it be justified by the non-fullfilment of EU criteria, as Slovenia says, or, is it "Double Standards" ?    

The question became unavoidable after statements by Presidents of Slovenia and Croatia, Tuerk and Mesic, respectively, to "EuroFora", exclusively or among Strasbourg's journalists this week at the CoE, on the sidelines of its 2009 Summer University for Political Schools, which topically brought them together as successive key-note speakers.


    Comming only a few Months before EU checks Turkey's compliance to its commitments on Cyprus, etc., scheduled for December 2009, this obviously has a special importance for the coherence of EU Enlargement's principles.

     Suspension of EU Negotiations is a normal consequence in case of a Candidate Country's failure to fullfil EU Conditions, such as "Good Neighborhood relations", stressed at first Slovenian President Danilo Tuerk, current CoE's chair.

    But, regarding EU's Criteria,  there shouldn't be any "Double Standards",  reacted Croatian President Stjepan Mesic, commenting the fact that Turkey's controversial EU negotiations continue, while they were recently "freezed" in the case of Croatia, an "unquestionably European Country", which oficially accepts to respect Refugees Human Rights, contrary to Ankara's notorious refusals or reluctance.                                       

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           - "EU itself has set as a Criterium (for EU Enlargement) the "Good Neighborhood relations",  and their absence justifies the "Suspension" EU Negotiations, (f.ex. with Croatia), because of a Border dispute affecting the territorial integrity of an EU Member Country, stressed Slovenian President, Danilo Tuerk, CoE's Chairman in office (May - November 2009), speaking to Journalists in Strasbourg including "EuroFora".    

Questioned earlier what "consequences on EU's Enlargement policy" can have the "Ban on EU Membership Negotiations", imposed to Croatia, Tuerk replied that "this question comes down to the fulfillement of (EU) Criteria for membership. One has to look at each Candidate Country ., from the point of view whether it fullfils the Criteria that EU has set. One of them are Good Neighborhood Relations, I'd like to remind. And also, there are other factors, such as Justice, Home affairs, Rule of Law, and others".


    - "Now, ..Candidate Countries are at Different Levels of fulfillement of Criteria", he observed.

    - " Croatia is obviously the closest to that. I'm rather optimistic : I think that in the coming Months we'll have an opportunity to look at all these issues constructively and hopefully we'll be able to make progress". "My main concern, at this point, is the situation in Bosnia : We haven't seen enough progres domesticaly. We haven't seen enough during ..political parties within their country.We need a New Energy, a new energetic move towards the Candidature for EU membership. "Other (Western Balkan) Countries (Serbia, Montenegro, FYROM, Albania) have been making soaring Progress, and I think that they should be ready, in a few Years, for the Candidate status".

    - "As far as the Western Balkans are concerned, .. nobody should be left outside" the EU, Slovenian's President concluded, ommitting to mention Turkey's controversial EU bid.

    - "This process may be seen as Slow, but..  Slovenia has also has also been exposed to various "Booms of Slowness" in our accession period. But now we can say that the process was relatively quick, because changes which occur after becoming EU member, are quite large, and they require proper Preparations before the (EU) membership becomes a new factor, an impacting line for a new (EU) member country".
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Slovenian statements made some participants from certain 3rd Countries as FYROM, etc. claim that "the Principle of EU Solidarity" would "produce a.. rising European Union Nationalism (sic !), against Non-EU Countries", as they said, asking unhappy foreign countries to form a "bloc" to exert pressure on the EU...    

But Croatian President Stjepan Mesic dismissed that, supporting "EU Integration", "after the Economy also in Political" issues, as "the achievement" of our times. In EU there is "diversity, but it's United", he stressed, "EU has to be United so that it can become a central factor of Peace" also at the surrounding areas, he replied.

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Speaking later exclusively to "EuroFora", the experienced twice President of Croatia, former President of the International "Non-Aligned" movement, denounced "Double Standards" in the way EU treats recently Croatia compared to Turkey :   

 - "I think that there shouldn't be Double Standards", stressed the Croatian President, in reply to a Question comparing the freeze of EU - Croatia talks, with the continuation of EU - Turkey talks, despite the fact that Croatia is an "unquestionably European country", while Turkey's EU bid is notoriously controversial.


    Mesic was reacting to the observation that, even if he confirmed his "respect of Refugees' Human Rights to return, etc. (See infra), nevertheless, EU talks are suspended with Croatia.. While for oher, controversial candidates, who refuse to respect Refugees' Rights to return, etc., as fex. Turkey does in occupied Cyprus and elsewhere, EU negotiations continue".

    - "I believe that Croatia's accession will confirm that all European Countries who fulfill all of the Conditions and achieve European Standards, have to join the EU. There shouldn't be any Double Standards", went on to add in reply President Mesic.

    In this relation, Croatia's President found "of paramount importance", CoE's "mechanisms enforcing ECHR's judgements"
    
    - "On Refugees and Displaced persons, the process will be completed only after the last person demanding to return will be allowed to do so !", President Mesic Croatia stressed earlier, setting a general standard of obvious importance also for otherr candidates, as f.ex. Turkey, often accused to exclude or heavily restrict Greek Cypriot Displaced persons' return to their Family Homes and ancestral land, provoke difficulties to Turkish-Kurd IDPs return to their home regions at the South-East, etc.

    Some "2.000 People are still reported Missing" in former Yugoslavia, for some Years, (as in Cyprus, modern Europe's oldest case, for 3 Decades. Nagorno-Karabach, Tcecnya in Russia, etc, more recently), and Investigations "will only be completed after establishing the fate of the last one of them", he added.
    
    Speaking earlier on "War Crimes", President Mesic stressed that "Leaders are responsible for (the) Wars (of the Past), not the People", and called against Impunity :  "Individuals have to be held Responsible for Crimes. International Penal Tribunals have to persecute those individuals", perpetrators of War Crimes, he underlined.

    Such statements naturally made Mesic rather popular at ECHR, whose President, French EuroJudge, Professor Jean-Paul Costa, looked particularly smiling when he welcomed him later on Wednesday afternoon, after Slovenian President Daniko Tuerk earlier this week.
           

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