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Europe’s Debt Crisis has Spiraled out of Control

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=27623

The Rt. Hon. Chris Grayling C.M. on Suing the EUjUST

Just a quick report as promised on the question raised last week.

After a good and robust speech (without notes) after the Annual Dinner last evening, Chris Grayling left us in no doubt about his feelings for the EU and the Lib-Dems. He as we, would far rather be without both.

He did show though, why a difficult path through the political minefield has to be trod, for if the Lib-dims., though in a minority, are totally alienated, they’ll simply run into the welcoming arms of Millipede & Co. and combined they will be able to wreak havoc on any good government motion that they choose.

He answered questions straightforwardly without fluffing and when I asked exactly what mechanism he’d use to sue the EU for allowing ‘Health Tourism’ to continue, he said the approach would be through the ECJ and that he’d see that it was not shelved or sidelined. [Of course no-one can double-guess the outcome for it may even if baulked, be a win/win situation. As if won, good show but if lost it would highlight to the sleepy public at large, the fact that we are being unfairly treated and add more weight to a tactical withdrawal to reassess and rebalance our relationship on a trading rather than an absorbed, political level.]

For clarity the bracketed words are mine and not his. All cynicism aside, he did seem determined to go into bat for Britain .

XXXJBS

German Finmin: Euro states must give EU more power

The pressure of the crisis is allowing things to happen which otherwise wouldn't be possible... the bigger the crisis the greater the need for change
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/12/us-german-finmin-idUSTRE7AB0AI20111112

Germany ups borrowing in 2012 as euro peers save
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/11/11/uk-germany-gdp-idUKTRE7AA4AZ20111111

Euro: problem or scapegoat?
“Ultimately this is a political crisis masking itself as an economic crisis. The economic crisis is real, but it starts with the politics,” said Volker.
“We’re getting through the crisis of the last couple of days, but that doesn’t mean we’ve actually solved any of the basic problems concerning the euro.”
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1085485--euro-problem-or-scapegoat

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