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"Mr President, the debt problem is of a magnitude that far exceeds the purely budgetary dimension. In fact, it is policy as a whole that is being affected by the public debt crisis – the budgetary, economic, social, European, and national dimensions. First and foremost, however, we have a political crisis on our hands.
In Finland, a party for which dissociating itself from Portugal has become a hobbyhorse illustrates the extent to which the debt problem is worrying the public. However, it should be recalled that the rhetoric of the party of the true Finns, which advocated against coming to the rescue of Portugal, could not be more similar to that used by Germany’s main political leaders a year ago shortly before aid was granted to Greece.
The populist slogans contributing to significant electoral success, today in Finland, tomorrow in a different country, are, in fact, simply repeating the words previously articulated by very respectable political leaders.
The political centre is where the ideas tearing economic and monetary union apart are generated.
I firmly believe that the difficulties can only be surmounted if senior politicians understand that their role is, first and foremost, to calm tensions rather than fan the flames."@en1
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