Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-02-15-Speech-3-031-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-02-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparation for the European Council meeting (1-2 March 2012) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120215.4.3-031-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-02-15-Speech-3-032-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Barry Madlener2
lpv:spokenAs	member; NA (2009-07-14--2012-09-19)3 unknown; Partij voor de Vrijheid (2009-07-14--2012-09-19)3 substitute; ECON (2012-01-19--2012-07-16)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2012-09-09)3 member; AFET (2012-01-19--2012-09-09)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, EU Commissioner Kroes said last week that it would not be the end of the world if Greece left the euro area. Evidently, the Commission therefore has an exit strategy at the ready, from which it follows that it would actually be better for the Greeks to leave the currency union. I can totally understand why. It is our duty, as democrats, to inform citizens of all possible options. Greece is going to the dogs because of the cuts which are being forced on it by non-elected bureaucrats. The Troika is something akin to a dictatorship. Mr Barroso, the Commission has blown the whistle on Commissioner Kroes after her statement about Greece, but I would ask the Commission to ensure transparency. Bring that exit strategy out in the open. Meanwhile, billions of taxpayers’ money is again being poured into the bottomless Greek pit when everyone knows, even the IMF, that this round of financial support is not going to help Greece any more than the previous rounds did. Greece will have to leave the currency union if it is to stand any chance at all of economic recovery. Even if we completely wrote off the Greek debt, the Greek economy would not be able to survive in the euro area. We and the Greeks have a right to such an exit strategy. There can be no talk of democracy if all kinds of secret reports are knocking about inside the Commission. Greece is critically ill and the only remedy for her illness is the reintroduction of the Greek drachma."@en1
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