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Europe's most important treaty on the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), which will lead the EU into a financial dictatorship, has been pushed through by EU finance ministers late Monday evening.
But the latest version of the ESM cannot be found on English and German EU websites.
Media reports from last midnight only said that the ESM treaty was agreed on by EU finance ministers and mentioned January 30 as the date when the treaty will be officially signed.
Significant changes have been made, a few media reported.
The capital of the ESM will now be only €80 billion instead of the €700 billion proposed in the only available draft version from July 2011 (see treaty text below). The finance ministers also agreed to bring the ESM into existence one year earlier by July 2012, putting national governments under immense pressure to ratify the ESM treaty without sufficient public discussion.
German state TV ZDF reported shortly after Monday midnight that the fund shall have a financing volume of €500 billion, but this figure is a moving goal post. IMF head Christine Lagarde proposed a volume of €1 trillion whereas Italian prime minister Mario Monti and Austrian finance minister Maria 'Mizzi' Fekter said later that the ESM should be upped to €750 billion. Such important changes cannot be found in publicly released EU documents anywhere on the web.
It all the more troubling that last night's agreement changes have not been communicated by the EU at all. It reminds one of the ACTA act that was signed in a non-public meeting of the Agriculture and Fishing Commission and is designed to destroy the freedom on the internet.
Originally posted by marg6043
Where is the outrage of the freedom loving citizens of the EU, where are the protest and the riots [...]
Originally posted by Freeborn
reply to post by marg6043
The vast majority of people in the UK want a referendum on continued membership of the EU.
Originally posted by Freeborn
The EU is possibly the most corrupt and wasteful entity that has ever existed and it's sole purpose seems to be the expansion of German control of Europe thanks to the usual collaboration of France.
If they call for 500-1000 billion euros, you bet it's gonna end up in the 5-6 trillion euros easy.
Originally posted by kwakakev
The dictatorship part is standard operating policy of the EU, the relationship is similar to how a national government has power over state governments.
Originally posted by kwakakev
For an economy to work everyone needs to play by the same rules, it is also complex and sensitive stuff with mistakes costly.
Originally posted by Freeborn
reply to post by michael1983l
I don't really care what the EU does, how it operates and if it has a future.