Trust for
the European project, and especially its leadership, is evaporating as fast as capital
flight from Greek banks.
The
federalist’s dream is becoming a muddle in the puddle of pessimism and
foreboding as the democratic will of nations gathers momentum.
As usual, in
the Byzantine world of modern European politics, blame is forever the hot potato
one strenuously avoids to handle.
For Alexis Tsipras, forcing Angela Merkel to make the decision to evict Greece from the
Eurozone would support Syrizia’s role to introduce the Drachma, devalue and
become competitive. “Look what the Germans did to us.”
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| The Lone Star of European Unity Chancellor Angela Merkel calls out to Greeks behind their barricades. But does she sing Hello or Goodbye. After the euphoria of German reunification a USE is now off the immediate agenda. Image CDU 2015, Berlin 1989, Nicosia 2015. |
It would be
a mortal body blow to the E.U. “This is
what to expect if you get into trouble, regardless of whom is to blame!” Their
cry would reverberate around the Union. “Why follow a Union which doesn’t share
burdens and transfer profit and loss where it is needed!”
The answer
of course is, there is no transfer Union in place to implement such tools of
governance; but if we were to have closer Union both fiscal and political then
this would be all so possible.
And you see
that’s the crunch. Do the people of Europe buy this promise? Or do they trust
their own to govern their own!
Merkel publicly
states she wants Greece to remain in the Euro, but to struggle on till 2050 to
repay all debts in abject misery and poverty if necessary. “Maybe this will be unacceptable to Greeks
and hopefully leave of their own accord.”
It’s the muddle
in the puddle again for the EU and who’s to blame for its coming failure. “I
don’t know why you say goodbye I say hello.”
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