Who gets Cyprused?
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 3:11 am
Cyprused (aka Cyprus'd) is a new word that has emerged from the debacle that is the bailout of the country Cyprus.
Did you know that the "committee" that makes all the decisions about who and how bailouts are handled in the EU has no official name and it's decisions and actions do not receive oversight from the EU parliament?
Unofficially it is known as "The Euro Group"
It was officially given it's legal status in the 2009 treaty of Lisbon. At which time it was established as an informal committee to be comprised of the Finance Ministers of all the countries participating in the Euro currency. The ECB (European Central Bank) is to be invited to participate but has no vote. The committee is to elect a president every 2.5 years. They are to meet informally as needed and make all decisions regarding the Euro currency.
While they do meet face to face on occasion, a great many of the "meetings" are via a conference call. It is answerable as a body to no legislative body, not even the EU parliament in Brussels.
Apparently the only way someone can be removed from the informal committee is for the individual's country to remove him from office in their home country.
Therefore this group of idiots cooked up the whole Cyprused scheme off the cuff, in informal chats, mainly over the phone.
And isn't that a grand way to run a supposed"Union" of countries.
I call it BS.
What say you?
Did you know that the "committee" that makes all the decisions about who and how bailouts are handled in the EU has no official name and it's decisions and actions do not receive oversight from the EU parliament?
Unofficially it is known as "The Euro Group"
It was officially given it's legal status in the 2009 treaty of Lisbon. At which time it was established as an informal committee to be comprised of the Finance Ministers of all the countries participating in the Euro currency. The ECB (European Central Bank) is to be invited to participate but has no vote. The committee is to elect a president every 2.5 years. They are to meet informally as needed and make all decisions regarding the Euro currency.
While they do meet face to face on occasion, a great many of the "meetings" are via a conference call. It is answerable as a body to no legislative body, not even the EU parliament in Brussels.
Apparently the only way someone can be removed from the informal committee is for the individual's country to remove him from office in their home country.
Therefore this group of idiots cooked up the whole Cyprused scheme off the cuff, in informal chats, mainly over the phone.
And isn't that a grand way to run a supposed"Union" of countries.
I call it BS.
What say you?