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Mika

(17,751 posts)
Tue Feb 17, 2015, 05:59 PM Feb 2015

As Greece Rejects Austerity, Meet the Activist Who Could Become Spain’s New PM (Democracy Now)




As Greece Rejects Austerity, Meet the Activist Who Could Become Spain’s New PM

Talks between Greece and eurozone finance ministers over Athens’ debt broke down Monday when the newly elected leftist Syriza government rejected a deal to extend the terms of the current bailout. The Greek Syriza party was elected last month on a promise to roll back the crippling austerity measures in Greece’s international bailout. While Syriza has taken power in Greece, the grassroots party Podemos is also quickly gaining popularity in Spain, Europe’s fifth largest economy. On January 31, as many as 150,000 people rallied in Madrid to show support for the Podemos party, which translates into "We can." Podemos only became an official party last March, but a recent poll by El País found 28 percent of the population supports the party, enough to possibly win Spain’s next general election. Last May, Podemos surprised many when it received 1.2 million votes and five seats in the European Parliament elections. The party grew out of the "indignados" movement that began occupying squares in Spain four years ago. The indignados rallied against austerity cuts, rising unemployment and Spain’s political establishment. We are joined by Podemos Secretary General Pablo Iglesias, a 36-year-old political science professor and longtime activist who was elected to the European Parliament last year. If Podemos wins Spain’s national elections later this year, he could become Spain’s next prime minister.




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As Greece Rejects Austerity, Meet the Activist Who Could Become Spain’s New PM (Democracy Now) (Original Post) Mika Feb 2015 OP
Yes!!!! Wellstone ruled Feb 2015 #1
I'm so loving the EU show, first Greece & now Spain (be still my heart), when the first domino falls mother earth Feb 2015 #2
This matter will be decided by Germany. DeSwiss Feb 2015 #3
I love ya, DeSwiss, but this matter will be decided by Greece...Germany must decide mother earth Feb 2015 #4
Germany (The EU) stands to lose more than Greece. DeSwiss Feb 2015 #5
Nothing will stop this wave....that face is the face of change. :) nt mother earth Feb 2015 #6
Damn right! DeSwiss Feb 2015 #8
Germany WAS calling all the shots. But they are going to be taking all the lumps now. Demeter Feb 2015 #7
To whom much is given...... DeSwiss Feb 2015 #9
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
1. Yes!!!!
Tue Feb 17, 2015, 06:15 PM
Feb 2015

The winds of change are blowing the Neo-Cons out of Europe slowly but surely. So many millions have and are being hurt by the Neo-Con Freidman School of Economics Austerity programs. And,now the awakening is starting.

mother earth

(6,002 posts)
2. I'm so loving the EU show, first Greece & now Spain (be still my heart), when the first domino falls
Tue Feb 17, 2015, 07:38 PM
Feb 2015

the oligarchs better watch out...you can't dish out debt & slavery & expect no repercussions. Austerity has only worstened any nation it has touched & they know it, yet insist on it. It goes against any common sense. The banksters and oligarchs are wreaking havoc everywhere.

It's about time! People are rejecting oligarchy, there & wherever this leads. I hope it remains peaceful & these trailblazing reps of the voice of their people stay out of harm's way.





K&R

And may this anti-austerity, anti-predatory capitalism spread globally.
 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
3. This matter will be decided by Germany.
Tue Feb 17, 2015, 08:21 PM
Feb 2015
- Within the next ten days or so. Spain, Portugal and Ireland are watching intently and the EU is sweating bullets but trying look cool and collected......



K&R

mother earth

(6,002 posts)
4. I love ya, DeSwiss, but this matter will be decided by Greece...Germany must decide
Tue Feb 17, 2015, 08:56 PM
Feb 2015

to accommodate Greece or lose Greece, which they can ill afford to do, given the other countries lining up to follow suit.

Greece will be the facilitator for change. The Euro's fate is what will be decided in the next 10 days or so.

 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
5. Germany (The EU) stands to lose more than Greece.
Tue Feb 17, 2015, 09:52 PM
Feb 2015

I agree that Greece sticking to its mandate is critical. Absolutely. And the poetic justice of the rebirth of democracy coming from Greece is not lost on me either. It shows that the gods have a sense of humor after all.

But if the EU wants to have a future it'll concede to Greece's justified demands here, and to later reassess their entire austerity approach, if they know what's good for them. That is, if they don't want to have to continue repeating this all across the rest of Europe.

That is what Greece's position here questions: ''Whether there will a future for the EU.''

- Personally, I'd prefer a new paradigm altogether. That is where we're headed. The question is whether we walk toward our future together, or have to try and scavenge a future from the rubble.....

[center][/center]

 

Demeter

(85,373 posts)
7. Germany WAS calling all the shots. But they are going to be taking all the lumps now.
Tue Feb 17, 2015, 10:16 PM
Feb 2015

Because all their victims are going to take their countries home and their economies back.

The bigger (assholes) they are, the harder they fall. And nobody but the US or the UK exceeds Germany in that department.

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