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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

The EU Has Already Broken Up… They Just Haven’t Formalized Yet | ZeroHedge


The EU Has Already Broken Up… They Just Haven’t Formalized Yet | ZeroHedge

I’ve often been labeled as “Gloom and Doom” in the past, but the situation in Europe today is beyond anything I’ve ever seen before. It is highly likely thatthe EU will not exist in their current form by the end of the year
 I realize some of this may sound overly dramatic. But the following should give you an idea of how serious things are getting:
             A Vote of No Confidence in Europe
Germany and France's joint proposal to allow Schengen-zone countries to temporarily reintroduce border controls as a means of last resort might sound harmless. But doing so would damage one of the strongest symbols of European unity and perhaps even contribute to the EU's demise.
 Germany and France are serious this time. During next week's meeting of European Union interior ministers, the two countries plan to start a discussion about reintroducing national border controls within the Schengen zone. According to the German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung, German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich and his French counterpart, Claude Guéant, have formulated a letter to their colleagues in which they call for governments to once again be allowed to control their borders as "an ultima ratio" -- that is, measure of last resort -- "and for a limited period of time." They reportedly go on to recommend 30-days for the period.
 Granted, the Schengen system is not perfect. With the EU's eastward expansion, its external borders have become more porous. The problem areas are well-known: Greece doesn't sufficiently guard its border with Turkey, and Italy simply allows refugees through to continue their journey into neighboring countries. Doing so violates the Schengen Agreement, which stipulates that immigrants have to be taken care of by the country in which they arrive.
The above story have been almost completely ignored by the mainstream media. Let me ask you this… do you think Germany and others are reallyconcerned about an influx of migrants? Of course not, the whole idea is ridiculous. Italy was supposedly upset about 25,000 migrants from North Africa… Italy has a population of 65 MILLION!
 No, the move to create border controls is about one thing only: stopping people from fleeing with their money when the collapse comes. The political elite in Europe are watching the bank runs in Spain and Greece and know that when the big Crash comes similar runs will occur throughout the EU.
 Consider the following, more recent stories and you’ll see what I mean:
Exclusive: EU floats worst-case plans for Greek euro exit: sources
 European finance officials have discussed as a worst-case scenario limiting the size of withdrawals from ATM machines, imposing border checks and introducing capital controls in at least Greece should Athens decide to leave the euro…
 As well as limiting cash withdrawals and imposing capital controls, they have discussed the possibility of suspending the Schengen agreement, which allows for visa-free travel among 26 countries, including most of the European Union.

1 comment:

  1. Controls at the borders are a precursor to controls on every street corner. The self amending Lisbon Treaty/European Constitution and how it was forced through tells the real story of the intentions of the masterminds behind it. Europe isn't going to break up. The ten world kingdoms, of which Europe is one of the three that will fall before the beast, are only going to consolidate their power. The world has become iron mixed with clay. Partly strong and partly broken. This is normal for the time. Crisis after crisis doesn't indicate any loss of control.

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