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2012-05-29 Europe

Rajoy: Spain finds more difficult to borrow

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Posted by Fred 2012-05-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Spain is like the EU in minature. No central fiscal control.

Posted by phil_b 2012-05-29 02:42|| 2012-05-29 02:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Wehell, looks like somebody took the $$$ + ran ...

To wit,

* CHINA DAILY FORUM > REPORT: ECB SECRETLY DISTRIBUTES "INFINITE" MONEY, to Greek + other EuroZOne Banks.

Greek Banks per were allegedly funneled/given over EU$100.0Bilyuhn.

* SAME > EUROZONE CRISIS FACES "CRITICAL MMOMENT":ECB PRESIDENT[Mario Daghri].

IIUC DAGHRI = attempted TO Argue that IT IS FOR EUZ MEMBER-NATIONS TO ADJUST THEIR DOMESTIC + INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL, ECON SCHEMAS TO THE EURO-DOLLAR = SINGLE-VALUE CURRENCY, NOT FOR THE ECB, ETC. TO ADJUST TO GOVTS-STATES???

* SAME > PANIC SETS IN AS BRITISH EXPATS DITCH EUROS.

* SAME > UK DEEPER IN RECESSION THAN THOUGHT.

* SAME > UK FIRMLY IN DOUBLE-DIP RECESSION.

* FYI DEFENCE FORUM INDIA > BRITISH, SPANISH SHIPS INVOLVED IN [fishing] STANDOFF OVER GILBRALTAR.

Madrid claims London = ex-PM Blair promised to return Gibraltar to them - they want it, + they want back now or ASAP!

Iff neither side has any $$$, will this result in violence between Spanish Fishermen + Gibraltar-based UK Security Boats, or will London have to call in their own Fishing War Fleets to combat Spain's Fish Armada???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-05-29 03:11|| 2012-05-29 03:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Uhh, wasn't Catalonia talking like they were going to split off on their own a couple years ago? They had a website that inferred quite heavily that they were going to be their own country soon. Now they are coming to Madrid, hat in hand, asking for 36Billion Euros?
If I were the Prime Minister, I'd tell them to get bent, before I a stole/squandered a single additional Euro from the taxpayers, I'd tell Catalonia to get bent.

Posted by Muggsy Poodle4893 2012-05-29 13:13|| 2012-05-29 13:13|| Front Page Top

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