Greek Crisis - A Good Thing For Europe?

[Paulg]

This is why Germany lent to Greece so freely. I mean who lends 65 billion to a country that cannot prove it can pay back unless you have another motive.

 

A country that is feeling guilty about the debt owed to Greece at the end of WW2?

[Steve Walker]

Wasn't solely Germany's decision.

 

Some background on the European Financial Stability Fund and the Greek situation.

 

http://www.efsf.europa.eu/attachments/2015_07_03%20FAQ%20on%20Greece%20-%20update.pdf

[Vagabond]

Very interesting link Steve

 

 

Greece’s principal repayments are largely due between 2023 and 2054. Before that, Greece has only
modest payments to make.

 

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Could someone please introduce me to one of these w merchant bankers who could lend me a modest couple of hundred million ?. I promise to pay it back by 2050. It might rejuvenate my quest for a broadbill swordfish.

[Now there's a right un.]

Who here does not believe Germany calls the shots?

 

Greece is now in the pocket, the power of the pen triumphs over Blitzkrieg.

[chesters1]

We all know they are its merkel ,merkel ,merkel not eu ,eu ,eu

[Ken L]

On a slightly more positive note, the European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.

As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would become known as “Euro-English.”

In the first year, “s” will replace the soft “c.” Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy.

The hard “c” will be dropped in favour of “k.” This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome “ph” will be replaced with “f.” This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.

In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.

Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.

Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent “e” in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.

By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing “th” with “z” and “w” with “v.”

During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary “o” kan be dropd from vords kontaining “ou” and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensi bl riten styl.

Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis & evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.

Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.

[chesters1]

LOL ve haf vays of making you talk