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It is
remarkable how the second eurozone economy uses the same
anti-democratic methods like the previous government in Greece.
From
china.org.cn:
French
Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Tuesday decided to pass the
controversial 'Law on Growth and Activity' via a decree and
without lawmakers' vote, a move that could trigger the
government's collapse.
'I
won't take any risks. The interest of France urges us to do so.
Nothing will make us retreat,' Valls told the Parliament. 'There
was probably a majority for this bill, but it was not certain, so
I decided to take no chances. I couldn't risk seeing a plan so
crucial to our economy be rejected,' he added.
With a
series of laws presented by Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron, the
Socialists aimed at unblocking economy of the eurozone's second
leading power, which is haunted by a long-running rise in
unemployment and wane growth. The 37 years old ex-banker wants to
let shops open up to midnight Sundays all year round from five
Sundays currently, with more flexibility on opening hours in
tourist zones. He also eyes to open long-distance bus routes and
make professions, such as notaries, face greater competition, a
proposal that triggered notarial lawyers' demonstration. Macron
also outlined other measures, including transport liberalization
and softening regulation of Sunday work, in order 'to remove
hurdles to revive (economic) activity.'
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It looks
like the neoliberal school manufactures politicians not only with
identical perception, but also with similar rhetoric. The remarkably
identical behaviour of the European politicians in each country who
come from the neoliberal Right and the Social democrats, can be seen
clearly in three levels: way of taking measures, type of measures, and
type of rhetoric to justify those measures and the way they've been
taken.
In the
example above, this way of taking measures is relatively new and a
real threat for democracy. We saw it in the Troika-era Greece, where
numerous times the government surpassed the parliamentary discussion,
passing bills under the "emergency" situation, as if the
country was under military occupation, or, suffering from a major
natural disaster.
The type of
measures was also similar, aiming to destroy small-medium economy
sector and assist monopolies and cartels to take over the market.
But the most
impressive of all, is the rhetoric used by the MPs to justify those
actions. In the Troika-era Greece, the government MPs were taking
such actions using similar excuses like "there is no time",
"the measures are crucial for the economy", "we won't
risk the program", etc. , to justify the abolition of the
democratic processes.
Although
France is the second biggest economy in the eurozone, not in a
bailout program like Greece, it takes the same root with identical
methods and politicians. Let's not forget Hollande's austerity
package of 50 billion for 2015-17.
(http://failedevolution.blogspot.gr/2014/02/france-next-target.html)
It seems
that the system spent 40 years to build the desirable type of puppets
in power, but now faces a major threat: an anti-systemic generation
of politicians born early in this 40-year period. They took Athens
with Tsipras and heading to Madrid with Iglesias. Will they someday
take Berlin?
First we take Manhatten, then we take Berlin....
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