> This blog entry is about the riots in Greece and the underlying issues with > the EU and monetary union, but the most interesting thing are the comments, > mostly from Brits.
That is really unexpected from a Britisch newspaper. > Is there really that much unrest in the EU right now, or > are the posters just on the fringe? Not just the posters, the blog author as well. To quote: "cities that struck me as powder kegs - and indeed became powder kegs in the case of Rotterdam following the murder of Pim Fortyn," To put this particular 'powder keg', which I cross on bicycle on my way to work, in perspective for the American readers: after the murder on Pim Fortuyn there was some unrest which in size and severity was less then in Boston after the 2003 MLB victory. > Anyone in Europe care to comment? Financially speaking what is happening with Greece as part of the Euro zone is no different from what is happening with CA, NJ, FL etc. in the dollar zone. See for instance hhttp://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20602007&sid=ac9AV.yzTCNw&refer=govt_bonds The social unrest component is a bit harder to judge from the outside, but in the Netherlands there is no sense of urgency about what is happening in Greece, as there was a few years ago with the riots in Paris. Nobody is suggesting there is any risk of these riots expanding beyond Greece. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:282470 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
