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Will there be a Grexit?

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    #21
    Niall Ferguson

    Niall Ferguson: Will Europe Act to Avoid an Economic Cataclysm? - The Daily Beast

    Three days later, in Berlin, I finally reach the Europe that works. Well, sort of. As usual, I find myself marveling at the sheer idleness of the richest and most successful country in the European Union. Lunchtime in the leafy garden of the Café Einstein on the Kurfürstenstrasse shows no sign of ending even at 3 p.m. It’s Thursday. Did you know that the average German now works 1,000 hours a year less than the average South Korean? That’s why when you go on holiday the Germans are already there—and when you go home, they stay on

    What stands in the way is not French socialism or Greek populism. It is quite simply German complacency. Life in Berlin is good. In Munich, the capital of the German manufacturing machine, it is even better. You should try explaining to the average Bavarian beer drinker at the Stammtisch why he needs to get ready to finance an annual transfer to the Mediterranean countries of up to 8 percent of German GDP. I never get very far.

    Here, then, is the twist in my tale of national character. For two generations, the Germans really did want to take over Europe—by force. But today, when they could do so peacefully, they can’t be bothered.
    Last edited by DodgyAgent; 22 May 2012, 14:03.
    Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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      #22
      Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post

      .. For two generations, the Germans really did want to take over Europe—by force. But today, when they could do so peacefully, they can’t be bothered.[/I]
      Just as well. Once they start something, they go at it hammer and tongs

      Even drinking - After a long session, they'll swig gallons of coffee, honk up, then carry on where they left off
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        #23
        Originally posted by Diver View Post
        Cheap Hol's and even cheaper property. I fancy a villa with olive and citrus groves

        Or am I being mercenary?
        You'd be helping them out by bringing money in.
        Originally posted by MaryPoppins
        I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
        Originally posted by vetran
        Urine is quite nourishing

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          #24
          QI postings

          Originally posted by The Euro According To Blackadder

          Baldrick: "What I want to know, Sir is, before there was a Euro there were lots of different types of money that different people used. And now there's only one type of money that the foreign people use. And what I want to know is, how did we get from one state of affairs to the other state of affairs"

          Blackadder: "Baldrick. Do you mean, how did the Euro start?"

          Baldrick: "Yes Sir"

          Blackadder: "Well, you see Baldrick, back in the 1980s there were many different countries all running their own finances and using different types of money. On one side you had the major economies of France, Belgium,Holland and Germany, and on the other, the weaker nations of Spain, Greece, Ireland, Italy and Portugal. They got together and decided that it would be much easier for everyone if they could all use the same money, have one Central Bank, and belong to one large club where everyone would be happy. This meant that there could never be a situation whereby financial meltdown would lead to social unrest, wars and crises"

          Baldrick: "But this is sort of a crisis, isn't it Sir?"

          Blackadder: "That's right Baldrick. You see, there was only one slight flaw with the plan"

          Baldrick: "What was that then, Sir?"

          Blackadder: "It was bollocks"
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            #25
            Originally posted by bless 'em all View Post
            They will leave, in a very Drachmatic fashion.
            Ha!

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              #26
              Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
              Confusion is a natural state of being

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                #27
                How does the hungry ostrich fit in?
                Will work inside IR35. Or for food.

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by russell View Post
                  Will there be a Grexit?
                  The question is not: "will Greece leave the Euro" but "will the Euro leave Greece"? Remember: the Euro is Germany!
                  <Insert idea here> will never be adopted because the politicians are in the pockets of the banks!

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                    #29
                    Are we nearly there yet?

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                      #30
                      imminent!
                      Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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