Trots skenbart lugnande rapportering om stort intresse för stödköp av grekiska statsobligationer så förstärks intrycket av att euron fortsatt hänger på en skör tråd som hotar att brista vilken dag som helst.
Den grekiska premiärministernhar klargjort att han anser sig vara i sin fulla rätt att vända sig till den internationella valutafonden IMF om han finner det nödvändigt. Och i Wall Street Journal pratar man till och med om devalvering som en möjlighet, efter ett utträde ur valutaunionen för PIGS-ländernas räkning, om än temporärt.
Frankrike och Tysklandgör heller inga konkreta utfästelser beträffande tillskjutande av medel för att bistå Grekland i den prekära pekuniära situationen. Vidare klarar inte Nederländerna att fullfölja åtaganden om att bistå med trupper till Afghanistan och i Frankrike har den ekonomiska desperationen gått så långt att man till och med överväger att sälja attackplan till Ryssland – något som förut aldrig inträffat; att ett NATO-land säljer vapen av den kalibern till ryssarna.
EU och euron är ett lost case och det förstår alla utom de neoliberalistiskt förblindade. Enligt dem behöver vi ingen annan kulturell hemvist än plånboken.
Idag nås vi av den i allra högsta grad alarmerande nyheten att Tyskland drabbats av den värsta ekonomiska nedgången sedan 1932. Inte minst som en följd av den förda neoliberala ekonomiska politiken. Hur lång tid ska det ta innan politikerna erkänner dess totala misslyckande?
Vi får samtidigt veta, att en av dess trogna vapendragare, Maud Olofsson, valt att fly fältet och åka på semester till Sydafrika istället för att konfronteras med sitt ansvarsområde på hemmaplan. Varför står inte hon, som uppenbarligen tror på de neoliberala doktrinerna, kvar och försvarar dem? Svaret är ganska enkelt. Därför att de helt enkelt inte går att försvara.
Man kan inte först klaga på att bli negativt särbehandlad som kvinna i politiken för att sedan agera som om man istället för att ha en ansvarspost är ett staffage som bättrar på regeringens anseende ur jämställdhetssynpunkt.
Om Sverige istället för att sälja ut all egendom, behållit företagen i svensk ägo, och inte utförsålt statliga kassakor i bokstavstrogen enighet med den neoliberala agendan, så hade vi stått betydligt bättre rustade än vad vi gör nu. Då hade vi haft en bra miljöbil, regeringen hade också kunnat satsa pengar på beredskapsarbeten och offentliga jobb i statliga och blomstrande företag.
Sedan i januari 2009 har regeringen dessutom förvandlat ett överskott på 135 miljarder kronor till ett underskott på över 200 miljarder, för att man fanatiskt vägrar släppa taget om sina nyliberala, verklighetsfrämmande trossatser.
Det är dags för den här regeringen att gå. En ansvarig ekonomisk regering måste bildas som kan hantera den ekonomiska situationen som oerhört snabbt kan förändras till det sämre, när tysk ekonomi rasar. Mitt krav: Rädda vad som räddas kan. Tänk på befolkningen.
RT @Innovatankar: Händelselöst. Vad ska man hitta på till valet när jag redan bestämt att rösta på @miljopartiet ?
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