by Europe has created a central bank with the exorbitant power to close down a member-state’s banks. This central bank, the ECB, was supposed to be independent of politicians. Except that, as the case with closure of the Greek banks in 2015 proves, no central bank has less independence of politicians operating behind closed doors (e.g. the Eurogroup). This combination of EXORBITANT POWER and OPAQUENESS (i.e. LACK OF TRANSPARENCY) makes it impossible even to imagine of European democracy, let alone practise it. SIGN THE PETITION NOW! CLICK HERE [embedded content] [embedded content] #TheGreekFiles – Resources CAMPAIGN SITE: https://diem25.org/thegreekfiles PETITION: http://www.change.org/thegreekfiles VAROUFAKIS VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qttt9OHiGG8 DE MASI VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFIvxYWbkfU BACKGROUND INFORMATION: https://goo.gl/ndJWje MEDIA INQUIRIES: press@diem25.
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Europe has created a central bank with the exorbitant power to close down a member-state’s banks. This central bank, the ECB, was supposed to be independent of politicians. Except that, as the case with closure of the Greek banks in 2015 proves, no central bank has less independence of politicians operating behind closed doors (e.g. the Eurogroup). This combination of EXORBITANT POWER and OPAQUENESS (i.e. LACK OF TRANSPARENCY) makes it impossible even to imagine of European democracy, let alone practise it.
SIGN THE PETITION NOW! CLICK HERE
#TheGreekFiles – Resources
- CAMPAIGN SITE: https://diem25.org/thegreekfiles
- PETITION: http://www.change.org/thegreekfiles
- VAROUFAKIS VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qttt9OHiGG8
- DE MASI VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFIvxYWbkfU
- BACKGROUND INFORMATION: https://goo.gl/ndJWje
- MEDIA INQUIRIES: [email protected]