{"id":34499,"date":"2018-05-24T07:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=34499"},"modified":"2018-05-24T07:00:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T12:00:13","slug":"germany-accuses-italy-of-debt-blackmail-hello-eu-time-for-reform-expired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=34499","title":{"rendered":"Germany Accuses Italy of “Debt Blackmail”: Hello EU, Time for Reform Expired"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Germany Accuses Italy of “Debt Blackmail”: Hello EU, Time for Reform Expired<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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For 10 years, the EU and EMU promised reform. None was delivered. Time is Up. Populists have taken control of Italy.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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Merkel’s CDU\/CSU coalition is in a state of panic regarding Italy. The German parties went on the attack accusing Italy of “debt blackmail”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Eurointelligence Snips<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This was the day when people who were left speechless by the political events in Italy started to talk. In Germany it was the now cancelled request for a monetary financing of Italy\u2019s debt that triggered a collective nervous breakdown.<\/p>\n

The CDU\u2019s economic council warned about a eurozone endgame<\/em><\/strong>, and said that Angela Merkel\u2019s policy of kicking the can down the road had led to a situation where the debtors are now in a position to blackmail the creditors<\/em><\/strong>. Its general secretary was quoted by FAZ as saying:<\/em> why should German households pay for rich Italians?<\/em><\/strong> The head of the CSU in the Bundestag, Alexander Dobrindt, also demanded that under no circumstances Germany should pay for Italy\u2019s debt programme. His colleague in the European Parliament, Manfred Weber, says Italy was playing with fire, and was risking another eurozone crisis.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Eurozone Reform Officially Dead<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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French President Emanuel Macron has a vision for Europe. Germany did not agree with it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Heck, Germany did not agree with any Eurozone reforms for over a decade. Chancellor Angela Merkel blew with the wind in a perpetual can-kicking exercise, accomplishing nothing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Now, it’s too late. The new Italian government will kill any proposal that Germany and France may agree on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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And of course one of the major Eurozone flaws is that every country must agree to change the pact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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One Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Flashback December 12, 2016: Eurozone Day of Reckoning Coming Soon: Showdown Between Italy and Germany<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u200bThis is what I said at the time regarding Italian complacency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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…click on the above link to read the rest of the article…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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