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  • Lorenzo Fontana : "Abbiamo avuto un governo che si faceva paladino dell'Europa, il risultato, dopo un anno e mezzo, è stato più disoccupazione, imprese che sono fallite" Watch
  • Closure of the greek public television : "We've never seen this in peace time !" reminds Roger Helmer Watch
  • Taksim square protests : "Negotiations with the EU contributed to damage democracy in Turkey" says Morten Messerschmidt Watch
  • Erdogan vuole "riesumare il califfato islamico ottoman" secondo Magdi Allam Watch
  • Hearing of Pr Vesperini : "The Euro will have been an extraordinarily powerful cause of split between our economies" Watch
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17May

Finns Party force Finnish Government to Disclose Greek Collateral Deal

Finns Party force Finnish Government to Disclose Greek Collateral Deal

In 2012, Finland participated in the second bail out of Greece after laborious negotiations about the collateral deal between several Greek banks and the Nordic euro member. Ink on the paper had hardly dried when the Finnish government declared the deal confidential. The Finns Party, the Eurosceptic opposition group, demanded disclosure of Greek collateral.

25Oct

"Peace since 1945 owes nothing to the EU but NATO" says John Bufton

"What qualifies the EU for this accolade?" asks MEP John Bufton (Ukip, EFD Group) after the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the EU. Reminding that "Peace since 1945 owes nothing to the EU but NATO", John explains that Europe is now really far from the original utopia of peace, democracy and prosperity announced : "At present, after putting political will over common sense by creating a single currency, we are left with a crisis that the unelected European Commission is unashamedly using to push forward deeper integration.

21Mar

"What has been done to Greece is humiliating, disgusting and plain wrong" says Nigel Farage

The youngsters of the LAOS, the Greek party member of the EFD Group (Niki Tzavela and Nicolaos Salavrakos, MEPs) were welcome on Wednesday 21 in the European Parliament.

16Feb

Austerity is a "mutual suicide pact"

Austerity is a

The Treaty enforcing budget rules in the Economic and Monetary Union to be ratified before the end of 2012, after the "Six packs" directives adopted by the EU plans one of the hardest austerity policy never known in the European History. At the Asian Financial Forum last January, Nobel laureate and economist Joseph Stiglitz had stated this austerity European plan could be compared to the medieval medical practice of blood letting, leading to the death of the euro as well as our economies. To start with Greece, austerity measures - or a deep slash in debt - will not spark economic growth.

17Apr

Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus : who's next ?

Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus : who's next ?

Following a Eurogroup decision on March 25 an agreement was concluded between the Cypriot authorities and the Troika (European Commission, ECB, IFM), for a bailout deal including, among other provisions, losses on Bank of Cyprus’ uninsured depositors (over 100.000 euros). UKIP MEPs William Dartmouth and Roger Helmer (EFD Group) express their stupor. Besides the Eurocrisis and at the time of the funeral of Baroness Thatcher, they also evoke her political and moral heritage.

13Jun

"The Commission loves the idea of what it calls a beneficial crisis" says Roger Helmer

Is the so-called "two-pack" economic governance for strengthening the European Commission's powers to vet Member States' budgets a good new for economy or for technocracy ? MEP Roger Helmer (EFD Group) has no doubts :"the Commission loves the idea of what it calls a beneficial crisis".

21Feb

Greeks, beware of EU lenders bearing debts. They will strangle your economy and destroy your democracy.

Greeks, beware of EU lenders bearing debts.  They will strangle your economy and destroy your democracy.

Responding to passing of the Greek bailout plan this morning, UKIP Leader Nigel Farage said: "Greeks, beware of EU lenders bearing debts. They will strangle your economy and destroy your democracy. This so-called bailout will not help the Greek people one iota,only German and French banks.The Greeks don't need draconian death by a thousand cuts; they need the drachma back so they can reboot their economy. Cheap credit from inappropriate Euro membership was a disaster for the Greek economy. Eurozone membership is now also a disaster for their democracy.

08Feb

The data given by Lukas Papademos, Prime minister of Greece, to the EU

The data given by Lukas Papademos, Prime minister of Greece, to the EU

Data that show a gradual decline in the general government deficit and demonstrate an improvement in the competitiveness of the Greek economy, were presented by Greece's Prime Minister L. Papademos to his counterparts during the recent summit of the European Council on 31st January, in an effort to alleviate the pressures of introducing new harsh measures.

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