Break up the Euro and Restore Human Dignity!
• European Parliament, Strasbourg, 22 May 2012
Transcript:
President,
we're in the midst of an economic and increasingly humanitarian crisis
and yet Commission president Barroso is not here. Indeed, Herman van
Rompuy is not here either. Not that it relly matters, because they're
not prepared to listen to any debate or any argument. They're intent on
pursuing their political dream of a United States of Europe. They're
prepared to commit
economic suicide for an entire continent.
And
tomorrow night Mr van Rompuy has called yet another summit at which
he's going to present a strategy for growth and jobs. Elected MEPs,
representatives of the people of Europe from left and right - we've
heard it all before - remember the euro itself was supposed to create
growth and jobs and yet it is actively destroying both of those things.
The
remedy we're being offered is more of the same. I would suggest that
the medicine is killing the patient, and to increase the dosage is
madness.
And don't listen to those who will tell you that the
only alternative is for Greece to stay in the euro. Everyone's pushing
this. David Cameron, all the other leaders are saying, we must keep
Greece in the euro, if she leaves the sky will fall in.
It
won't! There'll be a few difficult weeks and then things will settle
down. There'll be a boom in tourism, investment will start to come back
into Greece, innovation will start to come back into Greece as people
start making products to beat expensive imports.
Indeed Greece
outside of the eurozone may well provide to be an inspiration for Spain,
for Portugal and many other countries. We need to recognise that a
terrible mistake has been made. We must resolve to put it right. We've
got to give people hope because out there now is absolute despair.
We
all remember Dimitris Christoulas, the 77-year-old former pharmacist
who shot himself dead outside the Greek parliament. But he is just one
of a growing humanitarian disaster. Huge increases in suicides in Italy,
in Greece, particularly from people running small businesses who cannot
see a way out of the problem. Children being left in increasing numbers
outside the doors of churches because they can't afford to feed them.
Our
leaders are too callous to listen and care. YOU can do something about
this. YOU can rise up and say - and I know in my conversations with you
that many of you agree with me, that I'm right - we've got to break up
the euro; we've got to restore democracy; we've got to restore human
dignity; we must ignore Messers Barroso and Van Rompuy, they have been
proved to be wrong. WE must provide people with hope.
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