German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said agreements reached at an EU summit this week will solve the Euro zone's debt crisis and that Germany needs a strong Europe. Read full article
This is nonsense - it didn't do anything to solve the current sovereign debt problem in the EU - it just implemented rules to stop it happening again.
It's a bit like stumbling across a swimming pool full of drowning people. They haven't dragged anyone out of the pool - just put up a fence to stop people fallling in to it in future.
Without Britains signature any agreement by the other 26 will be outside of the EU legal framework & on very shaky legal ground making it non-binding to the other members as its completely unenforceable.
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Disclaimer & comment rulesDoes he look confident ??
Dec 12th, 2011 - 05:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0He looks like he's on tranquillisers!
Dec 12th, 2011 - 10:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0So that's OK then.
This is nonsense - it didn't do anything to solve the current sovereign debt problem in the EU - it just implemented rules to stop it happening again.
Dec 12th, 2011 - 10:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0It's a bit like stumbling across a swimming pool full of drowning people. They haven't dragged anyone out of the pool - just put up a fence to stop people fallling in to it in future.
Without Britains signature any agreement by the other 26 will be outside of the EU legal framework & on very shaky legal ground making it non-binding to the other members as its completely unenforceable.
Dec 12th, 2011 - 12:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0exactly how much is Greece’s debt,
Dec 12th, 2011 - 09:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And how much has she received in aid so far.
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