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Premier Matteo Renzi had a heated exchange with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during the European summit in Brussels in which he said “ you cannot tell us that you are donating blood to Europe, dear Angela,” sources said on Friday. The exchange at the start of the second day of the summit when Renzi confronted Merkel about Germany's opposition to rapid completion of the process towards a banking union in the eurozone, the sources said. Merkel is said to have admitted that there have too many delays over this issue due to a series of emergencies that the union has had to face Renzi's stance was backed by several other leaders, including French President Francois Hollande, Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Earlier on Friday Merkel's spokesperson denied speculation that there is a rift between Italy and Berlin over migrants after Renzi said he was against the EU being led solely by Germany. “ I

Recent elections in Argentina and Venezuela have yielded major changes that could ultimately open the door to greater interference by corporate interests and the U.S. by Ramona Wadi The recent right-wing triumphs in Argentina and Venezuela are being touted as a pivotal moment in South American politics, with the longstanding balance of power shifting away from the left and toward the right. In the 1970s, when a socialist fever was spreading across South America, especially after Salvador Allende’s triumph in Chile, the United States was concentrating on devious paths to destabilize the change that had been achieved through democratic elections. The neoliberal experiment that commenced in Chile on Sept. 11, 1973 later expanded in the region via Plan Condór, through which the U.S. sought to prop up dictatorships in the Southern Cone. The Macri family business, the Macri Society or Socma, expanded its wealth during Argentina’s dictatorship era. Accordi

A massive "must-pass" omnibus spending bill released by Congress on Wednesday would lift the current ban on Russian rocket engines being used to launch US military payloads into space. The new bill mandates that competition be open to "all certified providers" of military space launch vehicles "regardless of the country of origin of the rocket engine that will be used on its launch vehicle, in order to ensure robust competition and continued assured access to space." The legislation also opens the door for the United Launch Alliance (ULA) to re-enter the Pentagon's request for bids to manufacture the rockets that send US satellites into orbit. The ULA is a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin and has long been the primary contractor for launching US Defense Department payloads, including national security satellites. The firm relies on the Russian-made RD-180 rocket engine, which was banned in the fiscal 2015 defe

Ένας φανταστικός διάλογος ανάμεσα στα "αφεντικά" και τους εκπροσώπους τους του system failure Εκπρόσωποι (γραφειοφασίστες Βρυξελλών) : Τα καταφέραμε. Νικήσαμε τον Τσίπρα στην Ελλάδα και ταπεινώσαμε την Αριστερά όπως θέλατε. Το σχέδιο πήγε καλά. Ξεφορτωθήκαμε τους ριζοσπάστες του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ και μεταμορφώσαμε το Αριστερό κόμμα σε ένα σοσιαλδημοκρατικό μόρφωμα που θα αναγκαστεί τελικά να εφαρμόσει όλες τις λεπτομέρειες του Ελληνικού πειράματος. Αφεντικά (τραπεζική μαφία και λόμπι) : Παρόλα αυτά πληρώσαμε μεγάλο τίμημα. Μετά το οικονομικό πραξικόπημα στην Ελλάδα, οι Ευρωπαίοι είδαν τις αληθινές μας προθέσεις. Δεν μπορούμε να πουλήσουμε πλέον το παραμύθι του "κακού μαθητή" που λέγεται Ελλάδα. Λίγοι φαίνεται να πιστεύουν τα στημένα μας "success stories" στην ευρωζώνη. Εκπρόσωποι : Αλλά η ριζοσπαστική Αριστερά έχει ηττηθεί, δεν κινδυνεύουμε από αυτούς. Αφεντικά : Όχι ακριβώς. Οι Podemos στην Ισπανία διατηρούν ακόμα σημαντι

Unfortunately, the Troika was not interested in a rational solution. Its aim was to crush a government that dared challenge it. And crush us it did by engineering a six-month-long bank run, shutting down the Greek banks in June, and causing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s capitulation to the Troika’s third bailout loan in July. [...] despite capital injections of approximately €47 billion (€41 billion in 2013 and another €6 billion in 2015), the taxpayer’s equity share dropped from more than 65% to less than 26%, while hedge funds and foreign investors (for example, John Paulson, Brookfield, Fairfax, Wellington, and Highfields) grabbed 74% of the banks’ equity for a mere €5.1 billion investment. by Yanis Varoufakis Since 2008, bank bailouts have entailed a significant transfer of private losses to taxpayers in Europe and the United States. The latest Greek bank bailout constitutes a cautionary tale about how politics – in this case, Europe’s – is geared toward

The Italian banking system is in serious trouble, and the failure of these four banks is simply the tip of the iceberg. An Italian pensioner committed suicide this week. He hung himself after the Italian government’s rescue of small four banks wiped out his life savings. The bailout was carried out under the principles which governed Cyprus’ bailout. All of the stakeholders in the bank, including depositors, were at risk in the banks’ failure. These were small banks, so the reality of what was happening did not strike home immediately. This man’s suicide did. Italian consumer protection groups, Adusbef and Codacons, have demanded a criminal investigation into the case. This suicide and subsequent reaction by consumer defense groups mark the first glimmer of growing public concern over the security of bank deposits in Italy. As tensions grow between Italy and the EU over the country's banking system, as well as the Italian government and domestic public pressure,

globinfo freexchange In another shipwreck off Kastelorizo yesterday, according to Turkish media, two young girls, 7 and 11 years of age have been drowned. 18 refugees have been rescued, while 3 still missing. Note that another girl of 10 years old was drowned on Monday, when she fell off the boat which was carrying about 50 Afghan refugees to Lesvos. According to the UN, since the start of the year, more than 650,000 people have started their journey from the Turkish coasts to the Greek islands. More than 500, many children among them, have lost their lives. Source: http://tvxs.gr/news/ellada/dyo-koritsakia-pnigikan-se-ena-akomi-prosfygiko-nayagio-anoixta-toy-kastelorizoy

An imaginary dialogue between the "bosses" and their representatives by system failure Representatives (Brussels bureaufascists) : We made it. We defeated Tsipras in Greece and humiliated the Left as you ordered. The plan went well. We got rid of SYRIZA's radicals and transformed the Leftist party into a Social Democratic political formation which will eventually be forced to take every step towards the completion of the Greek experiment. Bosses (banksters and lobbyists) : Yet, we paid a huge price. After the financial coup in Greece, Europeans saw our real purposes. We can't sell the fairy tale of the "bad student" called Greece. And very few seem to believe our fake "success stories" across the eurozone. Representatives : But the radical Left in Europe has been defeated, there is no danger from them. Bosses : Not quite. Podemos in Spain still hold significant power. Corbyn unexpectedly took the leadership of the lab

σύντομο σχόλιο από globinfo freexchange Αφού αποφάσισε να πάρει μέτρα λιτότητας ύψους 50 δισ. ευρώ για τη διετία 2015-2017 , ο Γάλλος πρόεδρος Φρανσουά Ολάντ, επιβεβαίωσε ότι οι Σοσιαλδημοκράτες είναι απόλυτα αφοσιωμένοι στη νεοφιλελεύθερη ατζέντα, όπως ακριβώς και η Λαϊκή Δεξιά στην Ευρώπη. Προκειμένου να διατηρηθεί το σημερινό καθεστώς, έδωσε εντολή για “ απόσυρση των σοσιαλιστών υποψήφιων και η έκκληση του προέδρου Ολάντ για στήριξη του κεντροδεξιού κόμματος του Νικολά Σαρκοζί στις περιφέρειες που προηγούνταν το Εθνικό Μέτωπο, ώστε να ανακοπεί η πορεία της ακροδεξιάς. ” ( tvxs.gr ) Άλλο ένα σημάδι της απόλυτης ταύτισης των υποτίθεται διαφορετικών ιδεολογιών στην Ευρωπαϊκή πολιτική σκηνή, κάτω από τη νεοφιλελεύθερη ηγεμονία, εκτός του γεγονότος ότι οι εκπρόσωποί τους χρησιμοποιούν ακριβώς την ίδια ρητορική . Φαίνεται ότι οι νεοφιλελεύθερες δυνάμεις δεν θεωρούν ακόμα απαραίτητη την πλήρη επιστράτευση της φασιστικής "εφεδρείας" για να προστατεύσ

short comment by globinfo freexchange After he decided to proceed in 50 billion cuts for 2015-2017 , the French president François Hollande, has confirmed that the Social Democrats are devoted to the neoliberal agenda, just like the Popular Right in Europe. In order to maintain current status, he ordered his forces to "retreat" from two of the French regions in the 2nd round of the French local elections and pushed voters to Sarkozy's Popular Right. From reuters : Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front lost election run-offs on Sunday in three key target regions despite topping last week's first round, exit polls showed, making Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives and their allies the clear winner in all three. The result followed the withdrawal of President Francois Hollande's Socialist Party in two of the regions for the decisive run-off round, and its call on supporters to vote tactica

U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was also a favorite of the arms producing giants during her 2006 senate campaign. Hillary Clinton has received more money from arms and military service companies than any other candidate during the 2016 presidential campaign, data from Open Secrets shows. All but one of the world’s 10 biggest arms producers have contributed to Clinton’s previous campaigns, giving her — along with the top Republican receiver Ted Cruz — a significant margin over the other candidates. The numbers, collected by the Federal Election Commission and compiled by Open Secrets, also reveal that Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders make the list of top 20 senators and top six presidential candidates to receive money from arms and defense companies. Most of the funding is channeled through Political Action Committees, which have no limits to how much they donate. About 18 percent comes from individual contributions, totaling almost US$10 mill

Islamic State terrorists in Syria received all necessary materials to produce deadly sarin gas via Turkey, Turkish MP Eren Erdem has told RT, insisting there are grounds to believe a cover up has taken place. The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) member, Erdem, brought up the issue for public discussion in parliament last week, citing evidence from an abruptly-closed criminal case. He accused Ankara of failing to investigate Turkish supply routes used to provide terrorists with toxic sarin gas ingredients. “ There is data in this indictment. Chemical weapon materials are being brought to Turkey and being put together in Syria in camps of ISIS which was known as Iraqi Al Qaeda during that time, ” Erdem told RT. Sarin gas is a military-grade chemical that was used in a notorious attack on Ghouta and several other neighborhoods near the Syrian capital of Damascus in 2013. The attacks were pinned on the Syrian leadership, who in turn agreed

In a rare senatorial act, full-time Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio joined with a handful of fellow legislators on Friday in an attempt to block local municipalities from undercutting big telecom companies by providing cheap, fast internet service. Rubio, who is raising campaign cash from the telecom industry for his presidential campaign, fired off a letter to the Federal Communications Commission asking the agency to allow states to block municipal broadband services. The letter was the latest salvo in a long-running effort by the major telecom companies to outlaw municipal broadband programs that have taken off in cities such as Lafayette, Louisiana, and Chattanooga, Tennessee, because they pose a threat to a business model that calls for slow, expensive internet access without competition. Read the rest of the story: https://theintercept.com/2015/12/14/marco-rubio-pushes-to-block-low-cost-high-speed-broadband/ Read also: N

Western nations monopolized the top 10 places, while Russia had the highest arms sales growth in 2014. SIPRI director Aude Fleurant spoke with teleSUR. Global arms sales witnessed an increase to US$400 billion in 2014, with the United States continuing to dominate the market, along with its European allies the United Kingdom and France, according to a new report released Monday. While the end of the Cold War meant smaller military budgets, spending picked up in the early 2000s and last year’s international arms sales were double those in 2001, according to the report, released Sunday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. With growing conflict in the Middle East and parts of Africa, many states increased their military spending, branching out to new customers. While Western European nations and the United States saw a lag in sales last year, they still hold all top 10 spots. Seven of the top 10 producers are them from the U.S., as a

Another revealing documentary by Infowar productions concerning the coups conducted by the European Financial Dictatorship across the eurozone globinfo freexchange How many “coups” are required for the enforcement of the economic domination of Berlin and the functioning of the eurozone? The usual answer is: As many as the countries in which they must be imposed memorandum. However, in some cases these coups are ... double. “ In my country, two coups took place. An inner and an outer.” The phrase belongs to the former President of Cyprus, Dimitris Christofias. Actually, these were his first words in the extended interview for the filming of the documentary This is a coup , which is expected to be completed next semester. The paradox is that the interviewees in all countries we were visited the last weeks, have used nearly the same sentence to answer. If Christofias refers to the role of the central bank of Cyprus and parts of the economic elite of the country, in

Πόσα «πραξικοπήματα» απαιτούνται ώστε να επιβληθεί η οικονομική κυριαρχία του Βερολίνου και η λειτουργία της ευρωζώνης; Η συνήθης απάντηση είναι: Οσα και οι χώρες στις οποίες πρέπει να επιβληθεί μνημόνιο. Μόνο που σε ορισμένες περιπτώσεις αυτά τα πραξικοπήματα είναι… διπλά «Στη χώρα μου πραγματοποιήθηκαν δύο πραξικοπήματα. Ενα εσωτερικό και ένα εξωτερικό». Η φράση ανήκει στον πρώην πρόεδρο της Κύπρου, Δημήτρη Χριστόφια. Για την ακρίβεια ήταν οι πρώτες λέξεις που άρθρωσε στη μεγάλη συνέντευξη που μας παραχώρησε για τα γυρίσματα του ντοκιμαντέρ This is a coup που αναμένεται να ολοκληρωθεί το επόμενο εξάμηνο. Το παράδοξο είναι ότι σχεδόν με την ίδια φράση απαντούν οι συνεντευξιαζόμενοι σε όλες τις χώρες που επισκεφθήκαμε τις τελευταίες εβδομάδες. Εάν ο Χριστόφιας αναφέρεται στον ρόλο της κεντρικής τράπεζας της Κύπρου αλλά και τμημάτων της οικονομικής ελίτ της χώρας, στην Ιταλία μάς μιλούσαν για το «προεδρικό πραξικόπημα» του Τζόρτζιο Ναπολιτάνο, που έφερε στην ε

του Νίκου Μόττα Η πρόσφατη νίκη της αντιδραστικής-συντηρητικής αντιπολίτευσης στις βουλευτικές εκλογές της Βενεζουέλας σηματοδοτεί μια ιστορική καμπή στην πολιτική ιστορία της χώρας: μετά από 16 χρόνια το- ιδρυθέν από τον Ούγκο Τσάβες- Ενωμένο Σοσιαλιστικό Κόμμα (PSUV) χάνει την πλειοψηφία στο κοινοβούλιο. Με 99 έδρες ο συντηρητικός συνασπισμός «Τραπέζι τη Δημοκρατικής Ενότητας» (MUD) αποτελεί πλέον την πλειοψηφούσα δύναμη στην Εθνική Συνέλευση, έναντι 46 εδρών του κόμματος του προέδρου Νικολάς Μαδούρο. Το εκλογικό απότελεσμα στη Βενεζουέλα χαρακτηρίζεται ήδη από πληθώρα του ντόπιου και ξένου Τύπου, ως η αρχή του τέλους του «Τσαβισμού»- της λεγόμενης Μπολιβαριανής Επανάστασης που ξεκίνησε με την άνοδο του Ούγκο Τσάβες στην εξουσία το 1999. Οι λόγοι της ήττας του PSUV μπορούν να εντοπιστούν σε μια σειρά παράγοντες όπως, μεταξύ άλλων: Στην οικονομική κρίση που προκλήθηκε από την πτώση της τιμής του αργού πετρελαίου, στην ισχυρή-στηριζόμενη από ντόπια και αμερικα

Loud explosion have been heard across the Gaza Strip after the Israeli Air Force reportedly carried out strikes on alleged terror targets following a rocket attack on Israeli territory earlier in the day. Updates: https://www.rt.com/news/325817-israel-gaza-rocket-fire/ The continuous Gaza-strip war. A type of ongoing/interrupted war conducted by Israel. The cause of this ongoing conflict is often presented by the Western media as the Hamas aggression through rockets inside the Israeli territory. However, Israel exhibits always excessive violence causing the deaths of many Palestinian civilians, while blocking humanitarian aid, which shows that there is an intention of ethnic cleansing in this overpopulated small piece of land and its final occupation by Israel. fa.ev/proxy-wars-everywhere

Ridiculous accusations and terror globinfo freexchange More evidence that the US imperialistic empire declines, after the ridiculous claims by US officials that the Syrian government buys oil from the Daesh terrorists. In fact, this is an adoption of Erdogan's claims that Assad is buying oil from the Islamic State . The "empire" not only fails to impose discipline on one of its allies, but, furthermore, adopts its ridiculous claims. The US behaves more like a nervous medium power rather than a superpower. From PressTV : The US accusation against the Syrian government that it buys oil from the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group is “mindboggling” that shows the corrupt American empire is in its death throes, a writer and political analyst in Boston says. These false statements by US officials about Syria shows how bankrupt and unbelievable the US government has become, Daniel Patrick Welch told Press TV on Friday. The