Submitted by Tyler Durden: Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades has realized (as we warned), too late it seems for the thousands of domestic and foreign depositors who were sacrificed at the alter of monetary union, that the TROIKA's terms are "too onerous."
Anastasiades has asked EU lenders to unwind the complex restructuring
and partial merger of its two largest banks leaving EU officials
"puzzled", according to a letter the FT has uncovered, as "essentially, he is asking for a complete reversal of the program."
The EU officials claim that the failure to prepare for the bailout’s
impact was partially the fault of Mr Anastasiades’ government, which
voted down a first agreed rescue before succumbing to a similar deal
nine days later.
The FT goes on to note that although the letter does not request it explicitly, Mr Anastasiades
is in effect asking for further eurozone loans on top of the existing
EUR10bn sovereign bailout – something specifically ruled out by a
German-led group of countries at the time. The return of
beggars-can-be-choosers we presume - or just token gestures to recover
some populist support as the enemy of my enemy is my friend.As we noted here (and on the chart below), it seemed pretty obvious where this was going to end - obvious that is to everyone except Europe's victory-claiming politicians.
