Emmanuel
Macron arrived yesterday in Greece accompanied with the elite of the
French neo-colonialism, that
is, "representatives of French companies
like Suez, Total, EDF, Sanofi, Orpea, Bpifrance, Engie."
If you are
still not convinced that Greece has become a debt colony inside a
grotesque union of supposedly equal members, check the case of Suez,
for example. As reported by the Guardian
in 2015, "Germany has been criticised for pushing Greece to
sell off its water utilities when many of Europe's largest cities,
including Berlin, are buying back theirs".
Specifically:
Under the terms of the bailout agreement approved by the
Greek parliament, Greece has pledged to support an existing programme
of privatisation, which includes large chunks of the water utilities
of Greece’s two largest cities – Athens and Thessaloniki.
France’s
Suez and Veolia, the world’s two largest water companies, will be
among those interested in Greece’s utilities if the government’s
shares are sold off. Yet in France – another of Greece’s
creditors – as many as 49 cities have bought back their water since
2000.
“It’s
a financial colonisation,” said George Argovtopoulos [President
of the Thessaloniki water company trade union]. “It’s an
attempt for companies in the north of Europe, the rich countries, to
own monopolies like water systems, electricity and gas, in the poor
southern countries in Europe. It’s a game of power and money.”
In other
words, when the multinational corporate neo-colonialists find
significant resistance inside the developed countries, they turn to
colonies like Greece which are being destroyed by the neoliberal
policies. They become a paradise for these 'investors' who come to
buy ridiculously cheap and get away with huge profits, through
tax-breaks, devastated labor rights, significant rise on water
prices.
The case of
Total inside the team of the corporate neo-colonialists is equally
impressive. A letter from
Clintons'
top advisor Sidney Blumenthal
to Hillary Clinton in mid-September 2011 (through WikiLeaks),
provides details about the progress of the race of the Western allies
over the devastated Libya, in order to secure a privileged position
on country's resources for their companies.
As
more players were entering the game
"looting of Libya", the French mobilized to secure a
minimum percentage of Libya's oil related industry for French firms.
As described in the letter: “France is carrying out a concerted
program of private and public diplomacy to press the new/transitional
government of Libya to reserve as much as 35% of Libya's oil related
industry for French firms, particularly the major French energy
company TOTAL.”
Another
interesting fact revealed in the letter, is that the then French
president and the British PM were acting like a kind of commercial
travelers in Libya, on behalf of the corporate giants.
Well,
that's exactly the role of Emmanuel Macron during his visit in Greece
at this moment. The only difference is that Greece has been destroyed
and captured through an economic war, unlike Libya which still
experiences an absolutely chaotic situation. Obviously, Total
"smelled" plenty of oil in the waters of the broader Aegean
Sea.
But
perhaps the most impressive of all is the enormous hypocrisy of the
French officials. All this time since the beginning of the Greek
crisis, the neoliberal vultures of the French political establishment
had to pretend that they support Greece against the German cruel
behavior. From François Hollande to Pierre Moscovici and Emmanuel
Macron today, they did absolutely nothing to prevent Troika (IMF,
ECB, European Commission) catastrophe that left the Greek economy in
ruins.
They
let the Germans, Schauble and IMF to play the bad guys and do all the
dirty work. First, when Merkel sacrificed
Greece to save the Franco-German banks. Then, when
the suitable conditions were implemented according to the Greek
experiment, so that the French corporate neo-colonialists could come
and grab whatever they could.
Recall
that, when the Greek crisis erupted, some of the biggest French
corporations 'flew' from the country to escape the chaos and
uncertainty, as there were fears that even eurozone could fall apart.
Now that Greece has been totally surrendered under Tsipras
administration, they returned under the most favorable conditions in
the Greek debt colony.
Tsipras
is making the same mistake repeatedly. He still thinks that he can
find true allies among the hyenas of the neoliberal European
establishment. He 'invests' on Macron, in a desperate effort to
escape from the German cruel scrutiny and Schauble's sharp nails.
Well, it won't work. Not only because Macron is one of them, but also
because he is expendable. He is the golden puppet of the elites who
has been elected to do the job as quick as possible and leave. If you
want proof about that, just look his popularity in France. Never
before the popularity of a French president has fallen so rapidly and
so close to the day of his election. The workers unions in France are
ready for war and Macron will have an ugly political end, but the
looting of Greece will be continued as planned.
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