http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/10/04/the-european-credit-crunch-summit-no-more-grandstanding-please/ Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Wokingham Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:42:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/10/04/the-european-credit-crunch-summit-no-more-grandstanding-please/#comment-25701 mikestallard Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:14:44 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=1699#comment-25701 Looking at the four Political Leaders of Europe today in the Telegraph, I must say, I am not that confident that what you say, John, will even be discussed....... However, they have the following people to draw their ideas from: The Eurocrat in charge of the Economic Crisis is, actually a little obscure: is it Dalia Grybzuskaite or Joaquin Almunia? Dalia is a Lithuanian, and is Commissioner responsible for financial planning and the budget. Lithuania is a county known world wide for its banking skills and its stock exchange. (Erm...) She has never actually been in banking, having been educated largely under Communism, although she did do a course in USA. Currently she appears to have declared no assets at all except for an apartment in Vilnius. the budget, as we know, does not seem to have been signed off for some time now..... Or is that not the budget which she is in charge of? Joaquin is Spanish and has been involved on the Board of several companies in Spain. He is the Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs. Currently he has declared €12,380 in shares. He is, however, a Spanish intellectual rather than a man who has come up through banking. Each has a Cabinet........ What is, of course, so shocking is that none of this has been discussed or even reported in the press. We seem to know as little of our own government as we do of the political system of the Russians. Meanwhile in America....... Looking at the four Political Leaders of Europe today in the Telegraph, I must say, I am not that confident that what you say, John, will even be discussed…….
However, they have the following people to draw their ideas from:
The Eurocrat in charge of the Economic Crisis is, actually a little obscure: is it Dalia Grybzuskaite or Joaquin Almunia?
Dalia is a Lithuanian, and is Commissioner responsible for financial planning and the budget. Lithuania is a county known world wide for its banking skills and its stock exchange. (Erm…) She has never actually been in banking, having been educated largely under Communism, although she did do a course in USA. Currently she appears to have declared no assets at all except for an apartment in Vilnius. the budget, as we know, does not seem to have been signed off for some time now….. Or is that not the budget which she is in charge of?
Joaquin is Spanish and has been involved on the Board of several companies in Spain. He is the Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs. Currently he has declared €12,380 in shares. He is, however, a Spanish intellectual rather than a man who has come up through banking.
Each has a Cabinet……..
What is, of course, so shocking is that none of this has been discussed or even reported in the press. We seem to know as little of our own government as we do of the political system of the Russians. Meanwhile in America…….

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