Eurozone Coup d'Etat

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The “Eurozone Coup d’Etat” Пише: GEAB петак, 21 мај 2010 16:05

(GEAB, 16.5.2010)

Global systemic crisis – From "Eurozone Coup d’Etat" to the tragic solitude of the United Kingdom, the pace of global geopolitical dislocation accelerates

Just as anticipated by LEAP/E2020 in issues N°40 (December 2009) and N°42 (February 2010), spring 2010 really marks a tipping point of the global systemic crisis, characterized by a sudden expansion due to the intolerable size of public deficits (see issue N° 39 , November 2009) and the inexistence of the recovery, so often announced (see issue N°37 , September 2009). Besides, the dramatic social and political consequences of this development clearly reflect the beginning of the process of global geopolitical dislocation as anticipated in issue N°32 (February 2009).

Finally, the Eurozone leaders’ recent decisions confirm LEAP/E2020’s anticipations, contrary to the dominant chatter of these last few months, of the fact that not only will the Euro not “explode” because of the Greek problem but, on the contrary, a strengthened Eurozone will emerge from this stage of the crisis [1] . One could even consider that, since the Eurozone decision, a kind of “Eurozone coup d’Etat” supported by Sweden and Poland, to create a huge apparatus to protect the interests of the 26 EU member states [2] , the geopolitical deal in Europe has changed radically. Because it runs contrary to the prejudices which fashion their vision of the world, several months will be needed by the majority of the media and players to accept that, behind the appearance of a purely European budgetary-financial decision, lies a geopolitical split with worldwide impact.

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The “Eurozone Coup d’Etat” Пише: GEAB петак, 21 мај 2010 16:05

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