Nigel Farage on Brussels arm twisted Slovakia over Greek bailouts (12Oct11)

UKIP leader Nigel Farage talks about a crooked arm twisting deal Brussels has done with Slovakia to pass a deal to bail out Greece, even though the Slovakian government voted against they deal the night before.

This is "democracy" in Europe... shady back room deals. What did Slovakia get out of the criminals in Brussels?

Recorded from Russia Today, 12 October 2011.

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[viaductos]

I wonder why these news were not shown in the BBC...

[arthur1411]

How much longer can the mainstream media refuse to have the EU debate.

They must realise that it needs to be soon - or they will found out.

[MrLazynko]

In Slovakia the pension is around 200 and 400 e in Greece around 3000 and 3500e In Slovakia peoples work when day start and stop ad night maybe some luch 1 hour In Greece people work maybe 4 hours and have ´´Siesta´´ 2 hours because ´´is hot´´ why Slovakia must pay money for lazy peoples . wat do you thing how its ending?? ...

[aaMACEDONIAaa]

Nowadays I am glad that my country is not a EU member. To borrow to support such a lazy and parasite people of Greece... no thanks. It's absolutely OK to help and to show solidarity but only to poor hardworking people, at some natural disasters etc but to send them money due to their parasite way of living

[adrawmusic]

@viaductos The same reason, why Ron Paul is ignored in USA mainstream media.

[adrawmusic]

I also come from Slovak republic and have to say, that what happens in Slovak Republic right now is really extraordinary. The main thing is, that the parties, which voted yes for EFSF extension had completely different opinion on it year ago. But later on they changed their mind about this issue (With help of Brussel).

What I dislike about it, that they use fear rhetoric and vague arguments to create impression, that what was decided does not have alternative. There is always alternative.

[Zofisvk]

Slovak politicians had violated the constitution, unapproved law can first be approved within a 6 month but supported the euro the next day after dropping off Richard Sulik by parlament.

[MrHarrylime79]

@The1sista I wouldn't say NO arm twisting went on but the roots of the thing came from infighting I'm afraid.

[deadlock2001]

It so happens that due to personal ambitions of certain politicians and greed of bankers, people in a country that suffered from Stalinist occupation and underwent painful transformations and reforms, must now work even harder so that Greeks can spend half a year on social support, receive pensions at 52 and have 14 salaries a year. Millions will be enslaved by debt so that private German banks, who carelessly took on risk, can keep their interest (and ratings). To that I say FUCK YOU, EUSSR.

[The1sista]

@MrHarrylime79 I would think it was both.

[MrHarrylime79]

@ukipwarrior I live in Slovakia and trust me this was not an EU arm twist, it was a political power struggle to get rid of the coalition government. Real opportunism. The EU had less to do with it than you would think. It was really about Robert Fico's Smer party making a deal with 2 other members of the coalition government to get a new election and they cut this deal in a literal 10 minutes. I'm afraid you need to look a little deeper at the situation and not simply say it was EU pressure.

[MrHarrylime79]

@SuperWendyloo Slovakia did not say NO, their parliament did but certain parties refused to vote and moved the goalposts. This was a strategic maneuver by the opposition party in Slovakia to get rid of the coalition and it worked. If Fico's party had been in power they would have voted for the bailout and ended up doing it regardless to grab power back after losing the election 16 months ago.