FFS - when are European politicians going to come to their senses?

[sasguru]

Unemployment in Spain is now 27% and rising (much higher for people under 25). How is this helping anyone, FFS?
How is wrecking an economy going to make it better?
Fooking cretins.

We should quit our moaning in the UK - we have it relatively easy.

[DodgyAgent]

Unemployment in Spain is now 27% and rising (much higher for people under 25). How is this helping anyone, FFS?
How is wrecking an economy going to make it better?
Fooking cretins.

We should quit our moaning in the UK - we have it relatively easy.

What do you suggest oh exalted one?

[Lockhouse]

Make it easier for them to come here.

[DodgyAgent]

Make it easier for them to come here.

Can't we send SASguru to Romania in exchange for someone who is interesting attactive and intelligent?

[sasguru]

What do you suggest oh exalted one?

Breakup of the Euro of course.
Everything else to remain or become freer: free movement, customs union, free trade etc etc.
Eventually EUrope will prosper when every country does what it is good at and the value of trade between Euro countries should decline compared with trade with the billion people economies.

[eek]

Unemployment in Spain is now 27% and rising (much higher for people under 25). How is this helping anyone, FFS?
How is wrecking an economy going to make it better?
Fooking cretins.

We should quit our moaning in the UK - we have it relatively easy.

You're looking at the wrong country. The only country that matters is Angela Merkel's the rest can go hang.

And in fact are.

[Mich the Tester]

Breakup of the Euro of course.
Everything else to remain or become freer: free movement, customs union, free trade etc etc.
Eventually EUrope will prosper when every country does what it is good at and the value of trade between Euro countries should decline compared with trade with the billion people economies.

Yes; trouble is, how is that to be done without a massive capital flight out of most European countries to Germany? And wouldn't that make the German banks rather vulnerable?

[sasguru]

Yes; trouble is, how is that to be done without a massive capital flight out of most European countries to Germany? And wouldn't that make the German banks rather vulnerable?

Capital controls would have to be imposed. No other way

[DodgyAgent]

You're looking at the wrong country. The only country that matters is Angela Merkel's the rest can go hang.

And in fact are.

Jeremy Warner seems to think so too:

Will Angela Merkel be the Abraham Lincoln of her age? - Telegraph

[Mich the Tester]

Capital controls would have to be imposed. No other way

Yep, but that'll be shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted. Any rumour of capital controls and there´ll be runs on all the southern banks.