Update: Dittos for Greece and their new PM, Lucas Papademos.
With his experience as a former ECB vice president and above the fray of Athenian politics, Papademos’s arrival has been hailed both by Greeks and by EU leaders who had lambasted the country’s failure to enforce tax payments, sell state firms, raise taxes and slash public jobs, wages and pensions."Above the fray of Athenian politics" means "he's not one of our boys, blame someone else for all this nasty austerity stuff."
2 comments:
Well, yes. They're following a fine old tradition, here. And if Monti or Papademos manage to pull it off without getting themselves lynched, then everyone can claim credit for appointing them. It is really, truly a no-lose plan.
Unless the fall-guys they installed suddenly turn around and install themselves as dictators (or get overthrown by someone else who wants to be dictator). Which is certainly not unheard of.
Hmmm. Papademos does have a certain authoritarian, paternal ring to it.
;-)
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