LEO MONTI Y PATXI OTAÑO CON EL AUTO DE AL-ATTIYAH

Of course they are..We alywas were..We are seen as territories, as provinces of the old original 6 and perhaps plus Britain. When Greece joined for example, it was not ready really..Nor it was really ready to join the eurozone. But they did admitted us in, to expand their influence in the mediterranean , even though we had not borders with any other EEC member state, and we were still not quite ready. Once we were in, that was it..They did not really bothered with what was going on, and they let the Greek corrupt elite to misuse all the funds they were receiving from Europe, with no check or control. What I would like to have seen, is stronger institutions to make sure that all countries complied with the EU regulations they have signed up, like a strong EP and a trimmed down but powerful Commission That did not happen..Why? Because the rich and large EU states use EU for their own political games and influence, and if they wanted EU to meddle with Greece’s or any other smaller state’s internal affairs, that would mean they would have to accept similar meddling in their own affairs by the EP and the Commission. So they did turn a blind eye to what the Greek elite was doing and where the Greek economy was heading. Now that the times are dire, again they want to take lead and serve their interests first, not Europe’s interests as a continent and a group of countries..So again they leave Greece’s people out in the cold, at the mercy of their corrupt elite, the IMF and the tough austerity measures that are imposed on them .They need to understand what the problems with each economy and small country is, think how to solve it for the benefit of the country but also for Europe, and do it in such manner that we won’t have to repeat the same mistakes again .Amen!