Did Schäuble win? | 258 comments (258 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Exactly. It is a creditor in regard to greece. So how will this talking about reparations help Greece vis a vis them?

by IM on Fri Feb 27th, 2015 at 03:41:17 PM EST
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LOL. Although Overtveldt is part of the club, last I heard it wasn't him who made pacta sunt servanda arguments and took an uncompromising position but Schäuble. (And a debt settling with Germany alone would of course already go a long way to improve the situation.)

Why do you defend Schäuble? He is not on your party.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Fri Feb 27th, 2015 at 04:18:28 PM EST
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It is very convenient for the other eurozone countries, ism't it? Do you really want to claim that Finland, the Netherlands and Slovakia etc were on the brink to strike half of Greece's debt but big bad Schäuble prevented it?

How do you think that the "we had it bad in world war II and need a special dispensation" argument will play in Slovakia?

And were exactly did I defend Schäuble?

My position is that the war debts stunt is an rather idiotic move. Karl Marx or cardinal Marx as german finance minister wouldn't change that.

by IM on Fri Feb 27th, 2015 at 04:30:19 PM EST
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"And a debt settling with Germany alone would of course already go a long way to improve the situation."

Yes. Unicorns will ride on rainbows. sparkling unicorns.

by IM on Fri Feb 27th, 2015 at 04:37:28 PM EST
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Perhaps you may have a point. In the debate today second world war was mentioned by

...Schäuble.

by IM on Fri Feb 27th, 2015 at 04:39:41 PM EST
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Did Schäuble win? | 258 comments (258 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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