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nanotimes Editor‘s Letter

11-06/07 :: June/July 2011

to the Euro then they won‘t go past a currency reform. Such a reform would be less problematic than run- ning it down and driving the Euro project against the wall.With saving measures only you can‘t reduce debts in a one- to two-digit trillion range. That is unrealistic.

A continuous and regular European transfer union from the North to the South would have the consequence that the currently ruling parties in Europe would lose their voters to right-wing parties. Both Christian and Social Democrats aren‘t interested in that scenario.

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Thomas Ilfrich

*Geoffrey T. Smith: U.S. Deal: Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain, In: Wall Street Journal, The Source, 08/01/2011: http://blogs.wsj.com/source/2011/08/01/u-s-deal-short-term-gain-long-term-pain/?mod=djemSourceBlog_t