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In another article in Lidove noviny, Daniel Kaiser describes as extremely tragicomic the statement by European central bank head Jean-Claude Trichet that "the Slovaks would not have been in the Eurozone if we had known that they would not help Greece."
Trichet made the statement at the Eurozone finance minister´s meeting on Friday.
The essence of his words is unbelievable. Slovakia entered the Eurozone at the time when the original conditions were valid in it, including the important clause which banned loans such as that going to Greece. After even Germany gave up defending the clause, the Slovaks remained "the last of the Mohicans" loyal to the Eurozone´s original agreements, Kaiser points out.
Trichet´s statement can be turned upside-down: "The Slovaks would not have been in the Eurozone if they had known that the latter would be urging them to run into debts in order to help a richer nation, the Greeks, Kaiser writes.
Put in this way, the statement is most probably untrue, since to the Slovaks, their Eurozone membership is an important confirmation of their becoming independent from their stronger neighbours, mainly the Czechs. Nevertheless, Poland´s interest [in the entry] has been fading out meanwhile, let alone the Czech Republic, Kaiser says.
Elementary consensus seems to be emerging between Central Europe and the Paris tops for the first time since the fall of communism. Trichet should not spoil this with his utterances, Kaiser concludes.
Author: ČTK
www.ctk.cz
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In another article in Lidove noviny, Daniel Kaiser describes as extremely tragicomic the statement by European central bank head Jean-Claude Trichet that "the Slovaks would not have been in the Eurozone if we had known that they would not help Greece."
Trichet made the statement at the Eurozone finance minister´s meeting on Friday.
The essence of his words is unbelievable. Slovakia entered the Eurozone at the time when the original conditions were valid in it, including the important clause which banned loans such as that going to Greece. After even Germany gave up defending the clause, the Slovaks remained "the last of the Mohicans" loyal to the Eurozone´s original agreements, Kaiser points out.
Trichet´s statement can be turned upside-down: "The Slovaks would not have been in the Eurozone if they had known that the latter would be urging them to run into debts in order to help a richer nation, the Greeks, Kaiser writes.
Put in this way, the statement is most probably untrue, since to the Slovaks, their Eurozone membership is an important confirmation of their becoming independent from their stronger neighbours, mainly the Czechs. Nevertheless, Poland´s interest [in the entry] has been fading out meanwhile, let alone the Czech Republic, Kaiser says.
Elementary consensus seems to be emerging between Central Europe and the Paris tops for the first time since the fall of communism. Trichet should not spoil this with his utterances, Kaiser concludes.
Author: ČTK
www.ctk.cz