I still don't quite understand what the hell is happening, but ignorance is a bliss.

 

Protestors are apparently torching police vehicles and throwing stones at officers. Police say they've detained approximately 350 protesters, but said the majority of protesters were peaceful. Protesters were demonstrating against the recent government austerity policies. Reports also show that 14 officers were injured during the clashes between police and protesters. About 80 suffered from contact with some sort of irritating liquid or gas. The violence quickly ended with more than 10,000 people peacefully protesting.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/police-barricade-european-central-bank-ahead-protests-050250123.html

They should have burned the new ECB headquarters too. You have to love impoverishing the people with austerity measures when you an afford building a 1.3 billion skyscraper.

I don't support violence against law enforcement, but I do support german people rebelling against austerity.

 

It's time for them to get rid of this horrid Angela Merkel, she's holding the whole Europe in her demonic palm.

I don't support violence against law enforcement, but I do support german people rebelling against austerity.

 

It's time for them to get rid of this horrid Angela Merkel, she's holding the whole Europe in her demonic palm.

Europe has been spending far too much recently (in the last 15 years), Italy & Greece have been splashing out cash like we had any. Unfortunately for some idiotic reason however all governments seem to think that using austerity measures is the right way to stimulate economic growth & productivity, in the short run it saves money, but in the long run it has large long term effects. I like her because she keeps Italian politicians in check, and her brutality is what they needed to get their asses back in gear, but the whole idea of austerity measures is completely wrong, the IMF and World Bank easily promote the austerity measures, as long as they get their money they don't care. But that being said, during tough times some things do have to be cut 

The nations that opted not become involved in the Eurozone were smart. Having a centralized currency shared among several nations was inevitably going to have problems. 

 

 

In regards to Merkel, I don't know enough about to really have an opinion, although she does seem to be a leading opposition voice to Putin. 

The nations that opted not become involved in the Eurozone were smart. Having a centralized currency shared among several nations was inevitably going to have problems. 

 

 

In regards to Merkel, I don't know enough about to really have an opinion, although she does seem to be a leading opposition voice to Putin. 

 

Yes I agree with her being the leading opposition to Putin, she seemed to be the only one who was actually interested in resolving the issue whereas the UK Government felt that "Strongly condemning" the Russian Gov would get results.

 

A centralised currency has its issues, its vulnerable to times of financial crisis but very strong during economic boom, and allows a strong and even growth for all the nations involved. Plus it seems more logical than having the Deutsche Mark, Dutch Guilder, Austrian Frank, French Franc, Italian Lira, Greek Drachma. Traversing across Europe must have been a total nightmare 

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A centralised currency has its issues, its vulnerable to times of financial crisis but very strong during economic boom, and allows a strong and even growth for all the nations involved. Plus it seems more logical than having the Deutsche Mark, Dutch Guilder, Austrian Frank, etc.

 

I understand this but I value the sovereignty of a nation (and therefore it's currency) more than the potential for greater gains in an economic upturn. When a single nation (Greece) can disrupt an entire monetary system, that's a problem. I understand the convenience of the Euro, but I'll take sound money over convenience.