"GREXIT" : EUROZONE MUST ACT NOW !

Last February the EUROZONE chose to delay its decision for 4 months on what to do with respect to Greece, which then was and still is today,  totally bankrupt.  Greece owes the EUROZONE about 250 Billion Euros and other creditors and Banks another 100 Billion Euros .

Greece joined the EU in 1981 and was allowed to adopt the EURO as its currency in 2001, but even then Eurozone leaders were insisting on further Economic reforms from Greece !


With hindsight one can really ask whether the principles of due dilligence were applied when the accounts for Greece were examined by the EUROZONE or even by the Banks ?

Greece asked the EUROZONE for Financial help in 2010 and obtained a Loan of 110 Billion Euros.  Then in 2012 a further 130 Billion was advanced to help Greece make important reforms and to prevent Bankruptcy.  

The new aim now was to ensure that Greece did not withdraw from the EUROZONE which could have led to repercussions on the monetary markets for the EURO !

Today the question which needs answering is "should Greece be left to go bankrupt and to withdraw from the EURO" ?   Greece would then be obliged to make the necessary reforms that previous Governments did not have the courage to undertake !  Greece would also be freed from the current debts it has in the EUROZONE !

Eurozone creditors would suffer a Financial loss, but should they have lent so much money to a Bankrupt country in the first place ?  Was that prudent ?

Tsipras the new Left Wing Prime Minister of Greece was elected on the promise that he would solve the Financial crisis by obtaining a substantial debt "write off" from the EUROZONE . Greek citizens have suffered for far too long from measures of austerity.  

A moratorium of the repayment of the loans could be proposed, but this would not solve the crisis from   which Greek citizens and electors want to be liberated once and for all !

Greeks want to start living again !

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LA VIE DE CHATEAU...

La CGT possède un patrimoine immobilier fabuleux : châteaux ( notamment à Théoule et en Vallée de Chevreuse, mis aussi en Bretagne, dans le Centre…) des gentilhommières , des immeubles .

A quand la fin des privilèges ?

Marin

 

FIFA : IS THE CORONATION OF BLATTER A FORMALITY ?

 

For the fifth time, this Friday 29 May, 2015 Sepp Blatter will seek another term of four years as President of FIFA !  His confidence that he will be again elected makes this next "Coronation" appear like a waste of time !

As he says of himself "Like a Swiss Goat I plod on and on and on...". 

In four years time he will again want to seek re-election as President to ensure that the preparations for the Finals of the World Cup in Qatar proceed smoothely.  Let us not forget that  from the moment when Qatar was elected to Host  the 2022 World Football Cup Finals, there was  endless suspicion and controversy, even about the construction of the Football facilities.

What has marked this Presidential election is the total absence of democracy.  There has been -

   - No debate by candidates

   - No official presentation and debate of changes  that candidates propose to undertake

   - No publication of the redacted Garcia Report which President Blatter promised on December 19,  2014, (but without indicating the date when he would publish the Report) !

   - No firm promises of what he intends to do as President during the next 4 years

   - No imperial reason has been given why "HE" so desperately needs to be re-elected again !

 

There are executives in FIFA who are well aware of what is going on in FIFA.  The way the President has conducted affairs appears scandalous.  The reputation of FIFA has been sullied and indirectly that of Switzerland as well.

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Faithful football followers can only hope that if Blatter is re-elected, someone in the FIFA executive will tell Blatter what supporters of football think of his conduct of the FIFA affairs !

 

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INDEMNITES DE RUPTURE ABUSIVE: LES MODIFICATIONS ANNONCEES

Le 19 avril dernier François Hollande avait annoncé que "les indemnités, en cas de rupture du contrat de travail seront fixées, selon un barème précis, par la loi Macron et donc connues avant l'embauche" (cf  notre article du 21 avril dernier).

On en sait aujourd'hui un peu plus sur ce que le Président avait laissé entendre. Seules sont visées "les indemnités pour licenciement sans cause réelle et sérieuse".  Les indemnités légales et conventionnelles de licenciement ne sont pas concernées.

Actuellement en cas de licenciement reconnu sans cause réelle et sérieuse par les tribunaux, autrement dit abusif, des dommages-intérêts sont dus au salarié : au moins 6 mois de salaire pour les salariés ayant au moins deux ans d'ancienneté dans les entreprises d'au moins 11 salariés, aucun maximum ne s'imposant aux juges.

Dans les entreprises de moins de 11 salariés ou pour les salariés ayant moins de deux ans d'ancienneté, c'est au juge de fixer le montant des dommages-intérêts pour rupture abusive.

Le nouveau dispositif encadrerait l'indemnité pour licenciement abusif entre un plancher et un plafond, qui varieraient selon la taille de l'entreprise et l'ancienneté du salarié : un minimum de quatre ou deux mois de salaire et un maximum de vingt ou douze mois de salaire, selon que l'entreprise emploie plus ou moins de 20 salariés.

Point positif pour les entreprises : elles connaitront le maximum encouru si elles licencient un salarié sans cause réelle et sérieuse.

Point négatif : si elles étaient adoptées en l'état, ces dispositions consacreraient une inégalité de traitement entre les salariés abusivement licenciés, puisque le maximum de dommages intérêts auxquels ils pourraient prétendre seraient fonction de la taille de l'entreprise.
 

 

DML

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WHAT ARE PUTIN'S PRIORITIES ?

Putin has kept a low profile of late but this hides what can be termed an unstable time in Russia for its citizens !

Western countries started imposing Sanctions on Russia because Putin sent Russian troops into Crimea and then annexed it as a Russian "colony".  The result is that the Russian economy no longer flourishes, shops no longer contain as many Western products as before and sales of Siberian gas to EU countries have slumped !   Russian citizens are feeling the Pinch !

Now Russian Rebels in Ukraine, with the help of armaments donated by Putin and the never ending stream of Russian "volunteer" soldiers, have renewed hostilities in Eastern Ukraine.   This marks a breach of the "Ceasefire" agreed in March in Minsk.

Still not satisfied, Putin was quick to question the right of the USA to investigate the affairs of FIFA in Switzerland !  Why ?   Is Putin worried that the 2018 World Cup Finals in Russia could be cancelled if it is proved that "fraud"  took place in the bidding process ?  

What worries the World of Football, besides the "little" problems of corruption in FIFA, is the safety of Players and Spectators going to Russia in 2018 with a war raging in Ukraine !  The new powers to arrest anyone in accordance with the recent "NGO" law is not in any way reassuring !  

Finally, what could happen if Russia does not win the World Cup in 2018, or if Ukraine got into the Final ?

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TOUS "REPUBLICAINS" ?

 

WHO CAN NOW REORGANISE FIFA ?

FIFA is now in a complete mess and even appears to be like an Orphan without any Idea of how to ensure its future !

Sepp Blatter, against general public opinion, insisted he needed another term of 4 years as President to ensure that the Good Ship FIFA reached calmer waters, but then 4 days later suddenly announced that he "would" resign !  Why ? and  When ?

So far 14 people in the FIFA organisation are suspected of fraudulent activities in connection with the nomination of World Cup Host countries.  The investigation in the USA is by far not yet finished !

The net result is that FIFA is now in "limbo" !  Key executives are under suspicion but somehow activities go on !   For example, the Finals of the Football World Cup for Women have started in Canada this Week !

Since FIFA is an organisation domiciled in Switzerland, should the Swiss Justice System not appoint a Management Committee of, for example,  3 independent professionals to oversee the running of the FIFA organisation ?   

Would this not prevent a really unholy scramble in FIFA, by "well meaning persons" to seize power ?  

Blatter in fact is now sitting between two chairs and should be obliged to resign legally !

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