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January 30th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - Document circulating in Brussels warns Athens has failed to get to grips with its debt crisis
- Iain Duncan Smith warns meddling with Greek democracy could lead to unrest, dictatorship or war
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Last updated at 12:15 AM on 30th January 2012
EU leaders were accused of undermining democracy yesterday after Germany demanded that Greece surrender control of its economy to a Brussels commissioner.
The bankrupt nation is expected to sign a new bailout deal today at a summit in Brussels, which will see another £109billion of Greece’s debt written off.
But the government in Athens has reacted with fury to calls for it to be stripped of sovereign control of its own finances, rejecting the plans as ‘impossible’.
Protesters demonstrate in front of the Greek parliament in Athens against a new austerity package in May last year. The country has been riven by civil unrest since a budget crisis led to the introduction of severe austerity measures
British critics said the plan would further undermine democracy after EU leaders were blamed for ousting both the Greek and Italian leaders last year.
Iain Duncan Smith warned that any meddling by the EU could ultimately lead to social unrest, dictatorship or even war.
He said: ‘If you fiddle around with democracy because you don’t like quite what it does at the times it does it, then you open the door to those who say “Why democracy at all?”.
Opponent: Iain Duncan Smith warned that fiddling with Greece’s democracy could have catastrophic consequences
‘So you need to be very careful about how you deal with sovereign states and their ability to govern themselves.
‘After all, lack of democratic freedoms is what caused the Second World War.’
But a document circulating in Brussels this weekend warned the Greeks have failed to get to grips with their budget.
It adds: ‘Given the disappointing compliance so far, Greece has to accept shifting budgetary sovereignty to European level for a period of time.
‘Budget consolidation has to be put under a strict steering and control system.’
However, British diplomats are unconvinced by the scheme and have privately questioned the possibility of a finding a figure to oversee the country’s finances who would be regarded as an honest broker by the Greeks.
Greek culture minister Pavlos Geroulanos said: ‘It’s going to be impossible for the Greek government to accept such a deal.
‘Sovereignty is a red line that no one would dare cross. I would rather resign than allow anybody to tell us the way we should be spending our money.’
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We lost democracy when we entered the EU.Every member loses their say for a “few pieces of silver”, Unfortunately the “few pieces of silver” have long been spent!
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A Brussels commissioner should not be installed, as it would be an action of care and relief, which the Greek political caste does not deserve. The responsibility for the misery shall be kept until the default end where it belongs and the fury of the Greek people shall not be distracted from the Greek politicians to an innocent official of the EU
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