It's all Greek to me

Quote from unretired:

Thanks ... good article.


Which are the states that make up the old "Holy Roman Empire" anyway? Curious.
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The territories and dominion of the Holy Roman Empire in terms of present-day states comprised Germany (except Southern Schleswig), Austria (except Burgenland), the Czech Republic, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Slovenia (except Prekmurje), besides significant parts of eastern France (mainly Artois, Alsace, Franche-Comté, Savoie and Lorraine), northern Italy (mainly Lombardy, Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, and South Tyrol), and western Poland (mainly Silesia, Pomerania, and Neumark).
 
Quote from Cdntrader:

The territories and dominion of the Holy Roman Empire in terms of present-day states comprised Germany (except Southern Schleswig), Austria (except Burgenland), the Czech Republic, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Slovenia (except Prekmurje), besides significant parts of eastern France (mainly Artois, Alsace, Franche-Comté, Savoie and Lorraine), northern Italy (mainly Lombardy, Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, and South Tyrol), and western Poland (mainly Silesia, Pomerania, and Neumark).
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Do any of those older civilizations and lands overlap "modern day Greece?"

Looks like the Ten Major powers don't as far as I can tell.
 
Quote from Tauvros:

Politics will decide, and in Greece it is already proving messy as
teams of “inspectors” ruffle feathers. The Orthodox LAOS party is not
happy that an EU crew dared to demand an accounting from the colonels.
“The Ministry of Defence is sacrosanct,” it said.

Greece alone in Western Europe treats the military budget as a state
secret. Rating agencies guess it is a ruinous 5pc of GDP. Does the
country really need 1,700 battle tanks, 420 combat jets, and eight
submarines? To fight NATO ally Turkey? Merely to pose the question is
to enter dangerous waters.

Who knows what the IMF surveillance team made of their mission in
Athens.
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I am sorry to say, but I can't stop finding this image really funny. I imagine the Colonel's faces when they will meet the ECB, IMF dudes...

Pant's down !

ahaha... :D
 
Quote from Cdntrader:

Hell everyday! lol


how's the high speed access out there I wonder? Does get pretty quiet in the winter. Maybe just a season home:D
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Yeah, you'd have to have a winter flat in Athens or something.
 
Quote from makloda:

If the Germans had balls they should simply ask the Greek for territory in return. E.g. Corfu or Crete :cool:

For Spain the Germans would accept Mallorca as payment, and for Portugal Madeira would certainly be acceptable.
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Germans had balls twice before, if u recall:)
 
Quote from unretired:

Good post and questions.

I suspect a bailout is likely as modern economic thought and order
and Global agenda require adhesion and adherence over national sovereignty.
I do also suspect that Nationalism will spark turbulence;
however my concern is "SupraNationalism" in economic reform in the EU and, albeit slim,
a return to the doctrine of Charlemagne and the risk of a Fourth Reich.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supranationalism

This guy might be one to keep an eye on as the EU takes shape:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Theodor_zu_Guttenberg
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I might do a complete reversal here.
I have been looking into Germany and their financial mindset.

They friggin don't like carrying others debts and some
of the countries are simply FUBAR.

We might see a re-structuring of the EU where only the financially solid countries remain.

Once they open the gates for the bread lines ...
every country will stand in line for their share ...
The more I look at the German mindset ... the more I suspect they won't go for it.

They do want access to military and Nukes however that are there with a solvent EU.

It wouldn't surprise me that they headfake Britain into leaving the EU ...
and stay in themselves as the Central Power.
 
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