Der Spiegel (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
BY STEPHEN FLURRY AND RICHARD PALMER
Over the past week, we have seen the clearest, most naked display of German aggression since the end of World War II. Germany, of course, has been ruling the eurozone for years. Der Spiegel even called Germany the new “Fourth Reich” earlier this year. But for the most part, Germany has concealed its dominance behind a fig leaf of consensus.
That ended this week.
Last Sunday, the voice of the Greek people was loud and clear: Greece would not submit to German hegemony. On Monday, Germany ignored the referendum and unilaterally imposed its will on the Greek government. As noted by the EU Observer,“Monday, July 13, will go down in history as the day Greece lost its independence after 185 years of freedom, the day democracy died in the country that invented it .…”
From the left to the right, the mainstream media now sees what the Trumpet has been warning about for years. Greece is now a German colony. Here are some of the conditions Greece must now submit to:
- European Union officials have veto power over new Greek laws.
- The Greek government must repeal laws the EU officials do not like.
- €50 billion (US$54.5 billion) worth of assets are to be taken from Greece and given to an independent fund. The fund will then sell them off.
- Greece must reform pension and tax laws in line with what EU officials want.
- The government must commit to automatic spending cuts if it isn’t making enough money.
These are the major changes. You could argue that some of them are good changes—or that Greece deserves such harsh treatment. But what you cannot argue, as theEU Observer notes, is that Greece is still a sovereign state!
If the bailout deal is implemented, it is Germany—not Greece—that controls Greece.