
Este é exactamente um dos temas de hoje do Wall Street Journal, que em mais um artigo arrasador para o nosso país (um país de trabalhadores “under-educated” e “under-trained”) nos “aconselha” virar as costas à solidariedade europeia, reestruturar as nossas dívidas e sair do euro. Embora concorde com muito do que é dito no artigo, penso que, nesta altura, uma saída do euro poderia ser verdadeiramente catastrófica. No meu novo livro explico porquê.
Entretanto, aqui fica um excerto do artigo do WSJ.
“Portugal’s friends will help it to get by by insisting on what European finance ministers call an “ambitious fiscal adjustment.” Translated from bureaucratese, that means what Finnish Finance Minister Jyrki Katainen calls an austerity program “stricter, harder and more comprehensive than the one the Portuguese parliament voted against.” Strike two: Eurocracy trumps democracy. In short, more debt, higher interest rates, and tighter fiscal policy—a combination not likely to produce a rapid economic recovery. But that is not the goal of the bailout exercise. Its first aim is to protect banks in Germany that hold €46.5 billion of Portuguese government bonds and €90 billion of IOUs from the banking sectors of Portugal, Ireland and Greece. A Portuguese default, setting in train similar restructurings in Greece and Ireland, would bring down undercapitalized banks: most notably those in Germany that are already considering opting out of the new stress tests lest they get a poor grade. Which explains German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s willingness to shore up the stricken countries. Otherwise, she would have to pull the rug back and reveal the dirt underneath: the questionable balance sheets of her nation’s banks. Strike three: voters to bear pain to shield rich bankers and investors from losses.”
Álvaro Santos Pereira
Fonte: Blogue DESMITOS
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