{"id":43501,"date":"2011-02-14T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.palmografos.com\/?p=43501"},"modified":"2011-02-14T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-14T15:30:00","slug":"vivvo-8616","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palmografos.com\/?p=43501","title":{"rendered":"Greece is not a colony, Mr.Thomsen &#8211; by Nicolas Mottas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The IMF-EU Troika has to be informed that Greece, despite its financial situation, is not a colony of anybody.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grreporter.info\/en\/troika_insists_privatization_worth_50_billion_euros\/4057\">statements<\/a> by the IMF-EU officials, who urged Papandreou\u2019s government to dispose  public property in order to <\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right_image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.palmografos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/palmografos-legacy\/files.out\/mottas2_664298523.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><span style=\"font-size: medium\">gain 50 billion Euros, confirmed the  Troika\u2019s colonialist perception of its relation with Greece. The  representatives, Messrs. Poul Thomsen and Servaas Deroose, blatantly  interfered in Greek domestic politics by calling for a massive  privatisation drive in state companies, including banks, the public  power company (\u0394\u0395\u0397), the organisation of football prognostics (OPAP),  the Hellenic Postbank and others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The question which therefore arises is the following: who gave the Troika the right to demand such changes in Greece\u2019s policies.  Because, instead of strictly following their advisory and supervising  duties, the Troika\u2019s representatives seem to behave more like modern  colonialists. Under such a perception, nobody should be surprised if the  next proposal of Mr.Thomsen will be to sell the Parthenon, Ancient  Olympia archaeological site or an island in order to avoid bankruptcy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u201cWe do not bargain our dignity with anybody. We only take orders from the Greek people\u201d was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.athensnews.gr\/portal\/8\/37472\">the response<\/a> of governmental spokeman Petalotis and Prime Minister Papandreou  complained to IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn. However, the dignity of  the country has been already at stake &#8211; and will continue this way &#8211; as  long as the bailout agreement dominates Greek economic policies.  Messrs.Thomsen and Deroose have already enough power in order to  co-decide with Athens new measures, cut-backs and privatisations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">But its not only that. The Troika representatives seem to be  \u201coffended\u201d by the various protests taking place against austerity. Maybe  Mr.Thomsen thinks that the Greeks should be grateful to the  International Monetary Fund for imposing its strictly neoliberal  economic program to the country\u2019s lower and middle classes. I guess its  about time for the Troika members and their bosses to learn that Greece  is not a colony of anybody. The government has the responsibility to  carry this message to them with the most definite and unambiguous way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><br \/>\n<object><\/object><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phantis.com\/blogs\/mottas\/greece-not-colony-mrthomsen\">Phantis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IMF-EU Troika has to be informed that Greece, despite its financial situation, is not a colony of anybody. \u00a0 The recent statements by the IMF-EU officials, who urged Papandreou\u2019s government to dispose public property in order to gain 50 billion Euros, confirmed the Troika\u2019s colonialist perception of its relation with Greece. The representatives, Messrs. 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