/ world today news/ When a call is made to “let’s help Greece”, it should be borne in mind that the Greek people are being helped not so much as their creditors. They stimulated the politics that today have crashed.
This comment was made by BSP MP Yanaki Stoilov from the rostrum of the National Assembly.
Stoilov took the floor after the surprising speech in parliament by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, who explained that Bulgaria had received guarantees that in the event of Greece’s refusal to return the bridge loan of 7.1 billion euros, our country would not suffer any losses, because they will be covered only by the member states of the Eurozone.
We must direct our criticism to what has been happening in the European Union in recent years, Stoilov pointed out. According to him, it should not become a contagious example of everyone paying the bill for a few who are in a more advantageous situation. Solidarity means those who have more helping the poor, not the other way around, he said.
According to Yanaki Stoilov, there are too many ambiguities surrounding the short-term aid for Greece under the financial stability mechanism. It has not become clear what will be the share of Bulgaria in these 7 billion euros, regardless of whether we will lose in case of payment default or not. According to Stoilov, it has become clear that we will be compensated by the fund with state assets of Greece worth 50 billion euros when they are sold off, but this is too conditional.
He made a connection with the situation in our country and our ambitions for membership in the Eurozone. “When you elected the governor of the BNB, almost all of you declared how we were headed towards the Eurozone, without analyzing the pros and cons,” recalled Stoilov. According to him, Greece was indeed imposed harsh conditions and it was not able to fully fight for the interests it defended, but this is not a question of a separate government, but a question of the policy carried out in Greece, as well as the policy of transnational companies in most European countries.
“The Greek example also shows something else – the resistance of individual peoples to change the harsh financial conditions and the dictates of this type of policy can only be successful when they begin to unite in their defense. This is one of the lessons – however experienced Greek politics, no matter how strong the Greek people are. Imagine what would happen in Bulgaria if the banks were closed for two weeks and they had to go out to vote. They would punish their own government and not unite to show the Europe, that they are aware of the problems and want change,” predicted Stoilov.
“On what basis do countries in the Eurozone not strictly fulfill the requirements for the use of the European currency? Since the Greek banks were not insolvent, since there are rules according to which the ECB must refinance and provide means of payment, was the refusal to do so not a very effective means of external pressure?”, asked the deputy chairman of the BSP.
According to Stoilov, the topic of debt is one thing, but the topic of what is money circulation and what are the relations between commercial banks in the Eurozone and the European Central Bank is another topic that has its own rules and they must be followed.
These issues are not discussed, Stoilov said, and urged that when Vladislav Goranov goes to Brussels, he should ask whether the rules are the same for everyone, regardless of how convenient or not they are at a given moment. For this reason, the BSP are reserved to the idea of participating in helping Greece to return the loans to the ECB and the IMF, Stoilov pointed out. “We want them to show solidarity with the Greek people, but we are not ready for Bulgaria to be again with the motto “always ready” and when someone orders us, to take out of our empty pockets,” he concluded.
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