2011-10-09

Slovakia says no?

Slovakia On Why It Votes "No" To EFSF Expansion: "The Greatest Threat To The Euro Is The Bailout Fund Itself"
Sulik: The opposite is actually the case. The greatest threat to the euro is the bailout fund itself.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: How so?
Sulik: It's an attempt to use fresh debt to solve the debt crisis. That will never work. But, for me, the main issue is protecting the money of Slovak taxpayers. We're supposed to contribute the largest share of the bailout fund measured in terms of economic strength. That's unacceptable.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: That sounds almost nationalist. But, at the same time, you've had what might be considered an ideal European career. When you were 12, you came to Germany and attended school and university here. After the Cold War ended, you returned home to help build up your homeland. Do you care nothing about European solidarity?
Sulik: If we now choose to follow our own path, the solidarity of the others will also crumble. And that would be for the best. Once that happens, we would finally stop with all this debt nonsense. Continuously taking on more debts hurts the euro. Every country has to help itself. That's very easy; one just has to make it happen.
This is a minority party head, but he has sway in the process. He later goes on to say he wants to preserve the euro, but notice the knee-jerk cry of "nationalist" from Der Spiegel. A politician believes the current policies will destroy the multinational euro, which he seeks to preserve. He believes they need to stick to the agreed upon rules and each country should deal with its debt problem. For this, he is branded "nationalist," an artifact from the extreme in positive mood. This is why nationalism becomes more appealing, it is a reaction to anti-nationalist attitudes that peaked in 2000, which reached the point that common sense is deemed "nationalist."

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