After he
found closed doors in his quest for support
for Greece in the other side of the Atlantic
, the Greek PM, Alexis Tsipras, is about to try his luck
in Europe. Meanwhile, six years have already passed since Greece
entered the hellish neoliberal path of brutal austerity that,
literally destroyed the economy.
From RT
:
Greek
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has invited the heads of Southern
European countries to discuss a new alliance against the EU's
tough austerity policy. A conference is expected to be held in
Athens on September 9 attended by France, Italy, Spain, Portugal,
Cyprus, and Malta. The talks will continue during Tsipras’ visit
to Rome, where he plans to attend a meeting of European
Socialists.
The
meeting of the Southern countries will focus on the “common”
challenges facing the EU, including austerity, fiscal measures and
migration. In April, Tsipras and the newly-elected Prime Minister
of Portugal, leftist Antonio Costa signed a joint declaration,
calling for an end to austerity policies.
[...]
During his visit to Greece, Economic
Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici warned Athens it should
concentrate on meeting the budget surplus requirements and stick
to reforms to regain credibility and earn further debt relief,
rather than opening discussions on softening the policies.
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Just read
the last paragraph above and you will understand how much the Greek
PM actually lives in a delusion. Moscovici repeated what every
political puppet of the plutocracy repeats from both sides of the
Atlantic for six years now, concerning Greece. If you need more
proof, just look at the statements
of the US Secretary of Treasury, Jack Lew, in his latest visit in
Greece: “It is very important that Greece implements the
measures agreed for the Privatization Fund as well as the reforms in
the markets and services. These will mark a positive cycle for the economy and the Europeans can start the discussion on the Greek debt soon,”.
In other
words, despite the absolute destruction, Greece must do more
'reforms' until the 'successful' completion of the brutal neoliberal
experiment. This is the biggest concern of the puppets, not the debt
relief and, most importantly, not anything that would give a real
chance to the Greek economy to recover.
And all
these, despite the endless disasters of the IMF policies in other
countries in the past. Despite the numerous admissions of IMF
officials about serious "mistakes" in the Greek program.
Despite the latest report
by the IMF's Independent Evaluation Office (IEO), exposing IMF's
lethal "mistakes" concerning Greece.
The
EFD-IMF sociopaths(?) continue to play their games over the Greek
ruins , still
promising a form "debt relief" that may come, when at the
same time they are absolutely committed to the policies of
destruction, forcing Greece to implement every last detail of them.
Well, now
that the Greek experiment is about to end with Greece's "partners"
leaving the country to drown in an enormous debt and an economic
stagnation with an unprecedented unemployment, after wiping out the
public property and the welfare state, Tsipras seeks for European
alliances!
But if we
take a look on the big players through which Tsipras seeks to fight
the German sado-monetarism
and the IMF plague, we will be disappointed.
Starting
from France, it's not only Moscovici's absolute commitment to the
timeline of the neoliberal experiment in Greece, it's also Hollande's
zeal to implement it already in France! Recall that in July the “French Prime Minister Manuel
Valls invoked special constitutional powers on Wednesday to force the
contested labor law through parliament in the face of opposition from
left-wing lawmakers. Hollande and his Socialist Party claim the law
will curb stubbornly high unemployment rates by making it easier for
employers to hire and fire workers, and unilaterally set working
hours and wages. However left-wing lawmakers and unions say the
law is a dramatic setback for France's working class and the historic
gains made in the country.”
Concerning
Spain, it is doubtful that Tsipras will manage to build any solid
alliance inside this huge political uncertainty. Moreover, his
political friend from Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, didn't manage to gain
more power in the latest national elections, despite the coalition
with the other forces of the Left. On the contrary, Merkel's
political friend, Mariano Rajoy, maintained the first place, despite
the austerity, the corruption, and the hurricane of foreclosures by
the banks.
Finally,
Matteo Renzi in Italy doesn't seem to have the political magnitude
and determination to confront Merkel and Schaeuble. Even now that
Italy is facing a significant banking crisis, Renzi appears to be
quite timid to lead an alliance against the disastrous German
sado-monetarism.
So, what
should we expect from Tsipras' new effort to escape from the
neoliberal disaster? Not too many things, apparently.
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