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I have pulled this from Europa.eu concerning the Treaty of Rome; “The establishment of the EEC and the creation of the Common Market had two objectives. The first was to transform the conditions of trade and manufacture on the territory of the Community. The second, more political, saw the EEC as a contribution towards the functional construction of a political Europe and constituted a step towards the closer unification of Europe.”
Has for the idea of saying thanks for the loan; it is the Euro that has caused the problem in the first place. It was and is a fundamentally flawed concept that will never work unless all in that group are fully integrated as one nation. That was their plan all along and everything they do is designed to further that goal.
Originally posted by proximo
Originally posted by EarthCitizen07
Originally posted by walliswallis
You can't close the bank down entirely!
uh, yes you can
Technically the government could, but that would only worsten the situation once the banks fully open.
The whole idea is to ease tensions and maintain some confidence in the banking system.
If banks close totally they might as well declare martial law, which I am not sure what that would do anyway.
Sooner or later russia and china need to step in and save cyprus since cyprus declined EU help.
You are in complete denial, the banks are insolvent, almost every government is drowning in debt. There comes a point when the bailouts will stop because everyone has figured out it they don't work. How many failed bailouts do you really think it is going to take before even the dumbest person realizes they are not doing anything other than flushing more money down the toilet. The math has been clear that bailouts are idiotic for years, they have only been done to keep peoples confidence up, but if that no longer works ....
I think we may have finally reached that point, but if not, it won't be much longer.
Cyprus also agreed to cut government spending, to privatize state assets and to drastically shrink the size of its banking system. As of the end of 2012, deposits in Cypriot banks were seven times the size of the country’s economy.
paulmasonnews Paul Mason
paulmasonnews Paul Mason
At a Co-op bank in Nicosia, savers queue: one man's lost 50k, and will lose 2x properties; another's ISA matured but has been frozen
Originally posted by WhiteAlice
Hmmmm, Greece also is "privatizing" its state assets. Can anybody say land grab? What kind of sickens me is that who screwed up in Cyprus was privately held banks and yet, the government of Cyprus has to cover for their mistakes...why? Isn't failure a hazard of doing business? And yet, Cyprus' state held assets are going to be sold (ahem, I mean "privatized") because of privately held banks' misbehaviors kind of like how we bailed out our banking system that screwed itself over a few years ago. That baffled me back then, even comprehending how big of a role our financial system plays in our country's GDP. In this case, letting the banks go bankrupt and the deposits over $130k get liquidated to pay off debts isn't enough. Have to fleece the Cypriot people of their state assets for something that privately held banks did...NO sense whatsoever.
Oh and for the record, Cyprus' public debt is $15 billion euros....edit on 25/3/13 by WhiteAlice because: added the public debt of Cyprus
9.9%? 30%? 60%? 80%? Nope - according to the latest from Reuters, the cash-on-cash return to all uninsured depositors in the healthy, i.e., only remaining big Cyprus bank, will be a big, fat doughnut.
9.9%? 30%? 60%? 80%? Nope - according to the latest from Reuters, the cash-on-cash return to all uninsured depositors in the healthy, i.e., only remaining big Cyprus bank, will be a big, fat doughnut.
In what appears to be drastically worse than many had hoped (and expected), uninsured depositors in Cyprus' largest bank stand to get no actual cash back from their initial deposit as the plan (expected to be announced tomorrow) is:
•22.5% of the previous cash deposit gone forever (pure haircut)
•40% of the previous cash deposit will receive interest (but will never be repaid),
•and the remaining 37.5% of the previous cash deposit will be swapped into equity into the bank (a completely worthless bank that is of course.)
So, theoretically this is 62.5% haircut but once everyone decides to 'sell' their shares to reconstitute some cash then we would imagine it will be far greater. Furthermore, at what valuation will the 37.5% equity be allocated (we suspect a rather aggressive mark-up to 'market' clearing levels).