Post by tufta on Nov 18, 2010 8:36:37 GMT 1
That's what the Greek seem to think (The inflation of word meaning is happening here too...) But the difference between 'reichs' are very very huge, at least as seen from Warsaw. The most obvious one is that this time it is the reich which is on the side of honesty and righfullness...
From Athens:
“Fourth Reich" is killing Europe
On 16 November, Germany warned Greece that if it doesn’t shape up and pare down expenses fast, it might not get the third instalment of the European/IMF rescue package that was pieced together in the spring. And the very next day Germany added that this €6.5bn tranche would not be forthcoming in December, but in January.
“A confrontation is imminent,” heralds To Ethnos. “The German leaders are out to isolate every country in the eurozone and in Europe and turn them into colonies of the Fourth Reich.” Given the tenor of this article in the Greek daily, the media war that broke out between the two countries in the spring, when the Germans dragged their feet on the Greek bailout, looks to be reigniting. “So economic policy is going to be dictated by Berlin, using ‘puppet’ European institutions, and Germany will succeed in dashing the only hope of more fragile countries: which is to borrow at low rates.”
“This policy will bolster Germany’s position in Europe,” adds the daily. “Though it already predominates, as can be seen from what is going down in Ireland. Ireland is refusing to implement the austerity plan and Germany is upping the pressure to impose it on the country! This tension won’t destroy Europe – provided we put up real resistance to the Fourth Reich.”
Read more here
www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/393321-let-them-go-bust
From Athens:
“Fourth Reich" is killing Europe
On 16 November, Germany warned Greece that if it doesn’t shape up and pare down expenses fast, it might not get the third instalment of the European/IMF rescue package that was pieced together in the spring. And the very next day Germany added that this €6.5bn tranche would not be forthcoming in December, but in January.
“A confrontation is imminent,” heralds To Ethnos. “The German leaders are out to isolate every country in the eurozone and in Europe and turn them into colonies of the Fourth Reich.” Given the tenor of this article in the Greek daily, the media war that broke out between the two countries in the spring, when the Germans dragged their feet on the Greek bailout, looks to be reigniting. “So economic policy is going to be dictated by Berlin, using ‘puppet’ European institutions, and Germany will succeed in dashing the only hope of more fragile countries: which is to borrow at low rates.”
“This policy will bolster Germany’s position in Europe,” adds the daily. “Though it already predominates, as can be seen from what is going down in Ireland. Ireland is refusing to implement the austerity plan and Germany is upping the pressure to impose it on the country! This tension won’t destroy Europe – provided we put up real resistance to the Fourth Reich.”
Read more here
www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/393321-let-them-go-bust