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[Demonax]

Mr. Yes to the Annan Plan does it again!

Here is a euphemism doing the rounds in Brussels today: all that has happened is ‘the Cypriot authorities have decided to mobilise internal resources.’

The most questionable part of that is ‘have decided.’ The Cypriot authorities who ‘have decided’ were in fact just one man, Anastasiades. The report is that he was kept in a room near the top of the European Council building on Friday night. Two floors down the eurozone finance ministers met and decided what he would decide.

Either he agreed to gouge the bank deposits of everyone on Cyprus, or Mario Draghi would cut off the emergency liquidity from the European Central Bank. Cypriot banks would fail. Cyprus would be forced to leave the eurozone.

Anastasiades caved in.

Which does make you wonder if any eurozone president or prime minister has any manhood left at all. The correct response to such a threat from eurozone finance ministers is to open your jacket and display the explosives you have strapped to your waistcoat: eurozone bank failures, eurozone collapse, Merkel dead at the polls. ‘Tell Mario to make my day.’

http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/mesynon/20 ... bank-raid/

[kurupetos]

Next time vote Christakis.

[Cap]

If we go down, we'll take the whole fuckin EU down with us.

[kurupetos]

If we go down, we'll take the whole fuckin EU down with us.

Until now they don't seem to give a f*ck!

[Demonax]

Okay. It's taken him a couple of days, but Anastasiades has apparently told the Eurogroup Ministers that the measures cannot pass. What happens now?

[CBBB]

Okay. It's taken him a couple of days, but Anastasiades has apparently told the Eurogroup Ministers that the measures cannot pass. What happens now?

That is the question that I don't think anyone can really answer, despite all the 'experts' spouting all sorts of crap.

[GreekIslandGirl]

Personally, I don't care if they tax wealthy people who have done very well out of Cyprus' good interest rates - But I was against this plan once they decided to throw in shares from the Banks and even worse - throw in shares from the Gas towards these wealthy people - mostly Brits and Russians!

The Gas MUST be used to save the nation from Turkey - NOT frittered away in a capitalist endeavour.

If the Germans were offering warships in exchange, to remove the Turks - fine - do it - but no way throw away our future lifeline of Gas.

(I could make an argument for giving ALL the Gas to the Greek Cypriot refugees if they have no intention of using it to free Cyprus.)

[Maximus]

Okay. It's taken him a couple of days, but Anastasiades has apparently told the Eurogroup Ministers that the measures cannot pass. What happens now?

where did you hear this from? I thought they delayed debating the decision until tomorrow.

[cyprusgrump]

Okay. It's taken him a couple of days, but Anastasiades has apparently told the Eurogroup Ministers that the measures cannot pass. What happens now?

where did you hear this from? I thought they delayed debating the decision until tomorrow.

Meanwhile, the Greek TV station Antenna is reporting that Cyprus president Nicos Anastasiades was planing to tell the Eurogroup tonight that he doesn't have enough support to get the bailout deal approved by parliament.

That won't come as a shock to anyone - especially with his own coalition partner, DIKO, demanding changes

Eurozone finance ministers were due to start holding a videoconference call to discuss Cyprus an hour ago. No news flashes yet....

[Cap]

..and such was the passionate and vociferous support from Greece towards their Cypriot kinsmen, the world stared in disbelief and the Cypriot citizens were humbled with awe and amazement...


Yup, the coffee is cold.