Tag Archives: eurozone

I fought Delors and Delors won

Posted on December 3, 2011 by twitmericks

Ex Euro-commissioner, Jacques/Who ran the EU a while back/Now says he assumed/That the Euro was doomed/As it started out on the wrong track. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/8932647/Euro-doomed-from-start-says-Jacques-Delors.html

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The Full Monti

Posted on November 13, 2011 by twitmericks

There was an Italian called Mario/Who supplanted an ageing lothario/Appointed pro tem/As Italian PM/He replaces the old impresario. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15713985

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Arrivederci Berlusconi

Posted on November 13, 2011 by twitmericks

#Berlusconi has finally quit/After decades of acting the twit/He leaves for posterity/A dose of austerity/And Italy knee-deep in shit.

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What a Banker

Posted on November 10, 2011 by twitmericks

A veteran Greek central banker/Won out after 5 days of rancour/They named the PM as/Lukas #Papademos/So the ship of state has a new anchor. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/11/world/europe/greek-leaders-resume-talks-on-interim-government.html

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Heigh Ho Silvio

Posted on November 8, 2011 by twitmericks

There is an old man from Milan/Who’s hung on as long as he can/Now every last crony/Has ditched #Berlusconi/His career as PM’s down the pan. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/08/us-italy-idUSTRE7A72NG20111108

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Greeks Bare of Gifts

Posted on November 4, 2011 by twitmericks

Papandreou the no. 1 Greek/Went into the chamber to speak/But when he got there/The coffers were bare/So his government’s well up the creek. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15586673

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Cannes They do it? No they Cannes’t

Posted on November 3, 2011 by twitmericks

The G20 summit in Cannes/Should have come up with a plan/In the afternoon session/To end the recession/But somehow I doubt that they can. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/11/03/pol-harper-obama-europe.html?cmp=rss

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Up the Greek

Posted on November 2, 2011 by twitmericks

Greek plans for a new referendum/On austerity measures could end ’em/With benefits axed/& rich folk untaxed/MPs may not want to defend ’em. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/nov/01/greek-government-teeters-on-brink

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Angela Wrangler

Posted on October 26, 2011 by twitmericks

Ahead of the summit in Brussels/Ms Merkel’s been flexing her muscles/With no deal yet/As to who pays the debt/Expect intra-Eurozone tussles. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ixi2ER77fmp4Va0T88CgaVsSNi4w?docId=b84f856ef0fb462480055c57f56c0b1f

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Revolting Tories

Posted on October 25, 2011 by twitmericks

Rebellious Tory backbenchers/Find most EU treaties contentious/They seek to amend ’em/With their referendum/And such Eurosceptical ventures. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/oct/24/david-cameron-tory-rebellion-europe

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