Europe returning to its “roots”?
June 15, 2010 12:24 pm PoliticsIt seems so!
Democracy could ‘collapse’ in Greece, Spain and Portugal unless urgent action is taken to tackle the debt crisis, the head of the European Commission has warned.
In an extraordinary briefing to trade union chiefs last week, Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso set out an ‘apocalyptic’ vision in which crisis-hit countries in southern Europe could fall victim to military coups or popular uprisings as interest rates soar and public services collapse because their governments run out of money.
The stark warning came as it emerged that EU chiefs have begun work on an emergency bailout package for Spain which is likely to run into hundreds of billions of pounds.
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Arran Gold
dance...dance to the radio :
Date: June 15, 2010 @ 1:53 PM
Are EU member states allowed to be dictatorships? Or do they have to maintain the illusion of democracy?