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"Mr President, we are in the midst of an economic and increasingly humanitarian crisis and yet Commission President Barroso is not here. Indeed, Herman Van Rompuy is not here either, not that it really matters because they are not prepared to listen to any debate or any argument. They are intent on pursuing their political dream of a United States of Europe and are prepared to commit economic suicide for an entire continent.
And tomorrow night Mr Van Rompuy has called yet another summit at which he is going to present a strategy for growth and jobs. Elected MEPs, representatives of the people of Europe, from left and right, we have heard it all before. Remember the euro itself was supposed to create growth and jobs and yet it is actively destroying both of those things. The remedy we are being offered is more of the same. I would suggest that the medicine is killing the patient and to increase the dosage is madness.
Do not listen to those who will tell you that the only alternative is for Greece to stay in the euro. Everyone is pushing this. David Cameron and all the other leaders are saying that we must keep Greece in the euro; if she leaves, the sky will fall in. It will not. There will be a few difficult weeks and then things will settle down. There will be a boom in tourism. Investment will start to come back into Greece. Innovation will start to come back into Greece as people start making products to beat expensive imports. Indeed, Greece outside the eurozone may well prove to be an inspiration for Spain, for Portugal and for many other countries.
We need to recognise that a terrible mistake has been made. We must resolve to put it right. We have got to give people hope because out there now is absolute despair. We all remember Dimitris Christoulas, the 77-year-old former pharmacist who shot himself dead outside the Greek Parliament, but he is just one of a growing humanitarian disaster. There have been huge increases in suicides in Italy and in Greece, particularly by people running small businesses who cannot see a way out of the problem. Children are being left in increasing numbers outside the doors of churches because their parents cannot afford to feed them.
Our leaders are too callous to listen and care. You can do something about this. You can rise up and say – and I know from my conversations with you that many of you agree with me – that I am right. We have got to break up the euro. We have got to restore democracy. We have got to restore human dignity. We must ignore Messrs Barroso and Van Rompuy. They have been proved to be wrong. We must provide people with hope."@en1
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