'Let Eurozone Collapse! Greeks, Get Out Now!'

 by RussiaToday on Nov 2, 2011

It's been confirmed the Greek Prime Minister's proposed referendum on the latest EU bailout will go ahead. George Papandreou's call shocked EU leaders, and sparked chaos on world markets. It even came as a shock to Greeks themselves, with pro-bailout MP's calling for his immediate resignation. The PM is now due to fly to the G20 meeting in Cannes to explain his actions to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the chief sponsors of Greece's financial life-support machine. Anthony Wile is the founder and editor-in-chief ofhttp://thedailybell.com welcomes the possible Eurozone collapse.

Stockholm syndrome akimbo in Greece. Can you say "DEFAULT?"

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Greek Cabinet Backs Papandreou's Referendum + Who's Freaking Out

Greece's cabinet has given unanimous backing to a controversial plan by PM George Papandreou to hold a referendum on a EU debt rescue package. He told an emergency cabinet meeting that a referendum would offer "a clear mandate" for austerity measures demanded by other eurozone members.

Stock markets recorded big drops amid shocked reactions in eurozone capitals to the referendum announcement.

Mr Papandreou is due to meet European leaders in France on Wednesday. In a cabinet meeting lasting late into Tuesday night, Mr Papandreou told ministers the government needed the consent of the Greek people. BBC full story

And Who's Freaking Out Now That Greece Will Hard Default

A disorderly default in Greece just became a much bigger possibility, after PM George Papandreou announced a referendum on austerity yesterday. Freak Out Reminder: If the Greeks vote no, this could be the end of Greece's participation in the euro, and spark contagion that could spread across Europe. The Bank for International Settlements keeps a running tally of who has the biggest sovereign exposure to Greece. Although Japan, France, and Germany have all cut their debt exposure to Greece since earlier this year, they still stand to lose big if Greece decides austerity isn't worth it.

See who else has massive public debt exposure to Greece reports business insider. Click here to see who's freaking out that Greece will default and the sad story of why everyone's angry with Italy.

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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: why this means an unraveling of last weeks deal. GREECE'S astonishing decision to call a referendum – "a supreme act of democracy and of patriotism", in the words of premier George Papandreou – has more or less killed last week’s EU summit deal.

The markets cannot wait three months to find out the result, and nor is China going to lend much money to the EFSF bail-out fund until this is cleared up. The whole edifice is already at risk of crumbling. Société Générale is down 15pc this morning. The FTSE MIB index in Milan has crashed 7pc. Italian bond spreads have jumped to 450 basis points. Source/full story
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Greek gold and Goldman Sucks

So by now we know that the Greek cabinet is backing the country’s Prime Minister’s decision to ask citizens in a referendum whether they want to be stripped and gang-raped slowly or to have a painful but quicker rebirth into the new economic landscape that inevitably awaits us all after imminent financial collapse.

Iceland has already told the bankers to **** off – refusing to accept “austerity measures” similar to those now hanging over Greece (and indeed the rest of the EU). Furthermore, Iceland even jailed banksters for bringing their corrupt crises to the country’s 320,000 people. Iceland’s economy is faring better now than its EU neighbours’, having done the right thing by making creditors, rather than citizens, take responsibility for bank debts.

Nonetheless, mainstream media is going all-out with eugenic slurs to taint Greeks as being inefficient at best, lazy and corrupt at worst. Although the debt is of the banksters’ making, it is the ordinary Greek citizen who is to be blamed and punished – especially if they vote to follow Iceland’s example. Source

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Greece Throws Euro Bailout Into Fresh Crisis

The Greek prime minister, George Papandreou, stunned Europe's leaders on Monday after he proposed that his country should hold a referendum on the landmark European debt deal reached last week.

A Greek vote against the deal could scupper weeks of negotiations over how to rescue the country's economy and prevent a debt crisis to match the Lehman Brothers crash of three years ago...

Papandreou gave no date or other details of the proposed referendum, though the interior minister, Haris Kastinidis, said it would most likely be in January...

Unveiling his referendum plan, Papandreou said: "Citizens are the source of our strength and citizens will be called on to say 'yes' or 'no' to the agreement. It is not for others to decide but the Greek people to decide … we have faith in the people. We believe in democratic participation. We are not afraid of it.

"The people will be asked whether they want to adopt [the deal] or reject [the deal]. This vote of confidence will be a foundation stone on which we will build a new structure, a new Greece."

The Greek finance minister, Evangelos Venizelos, said the popular vote – the second to be held since democracy was restored to the country after the collapse of military rule in 1974 – would ultimately boil down to two choices. "Do Greeks want to remain in Europe, with the euro, in a country that belongs to the developed world, or do they want to return to the 60s? Do they think it is good to owe €100bn to the banks or do they not think it is good to live with such debt?" Source
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Prince Charles Vetoed Gov't Bills With A Halloween Twist

Revelations that Britain's heir to the throne has used a 'veto' power on certain government bills have placed him at the center of yet another controversy amid concerns that the monarchy could be back to a “princes and paupers” culture.

While the British monarchy claims to be a democracy where royals' power is limited by the law, the new revelations show Charles has overridden the British policy wherever he has seen fit for his purpose.

Ministers from six government departments have been forced to seek his approval to their bills for at least a dozen times since 2005 due to a constitutional requirement that allows the prince to veto all government bills that clash with his interests.

The areas where he has intervened included regulations on road safety, gambling and even the 2012 London Olympics.

Constitutional lawyers said the prince's ability to veto government bills effectively give him a royal “nuclear deterrent” over public policy.

The nature of amendments to the bills that may have taken place on Charles' request is not clear and neither the government nor Clarence House would comment on the details of the issue.

However, details obtained based on the freedom of information regulations from the House of Commons show the government has sought the Prince of Wales's permission on a number of bills related to economic development and construction, housing and regeneration and energy among others.

The disclosures have raised concerns that the claims of formidable royal power in Britain being a formality are mere falsifications to cover up the fact that the royals have absolute power to overrule the will of the whole nation and their representatives despite Britain's claims to democracy.

Such an issue has major implications for Britons as the Queen should give her consent to each and every policy area the government pursues and can veto every move by the government, at least at a matter of formality.
Following the revelation, members of the houses of the parliaments are urging the government to publish the details of Charles's interventions in government policies.

"If princes and paupers are to live as equals in a modern Britain, anyone who enjoys exceptional influence or veto should exercise it with complete transparency," said Andrew George, Liberal Democrat MP for St Ives in Cornwall.

"The duchy [of Cornwall] asserts that it is merely a private estate. Most people will be astonished to learn that it appears to have effective powers of veto over the government."Reports PressTV
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The heir to the British throne says he is related to Vlad the Impaler, the cruel 15th-Century Romanian warlord who helped inspire Bram Stoker's 1897 vampire novelDracula.

Prince Charles claims Vlad the Impaler as ancestor

He makes the comments on an upcoming TV show to promote his interest in protecting the forests of Romania's Transylvania region.

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