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"en.20150225.14.3-158-250"2
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"Solidarity is most important in times of struggle. The European Union was meant to be as much about solidarity as about cooperation. But when countries like Ireland entered into an economic crisis, partially caused by European policies, solidarity was sorely lacking. We see this same attitude being displayed again towards the people of Greece. The antagonistic attitude shown towards Greece by both Germany and the Irish Government is indicative of the contemptuous attitude which is held towards those who have suffered the most. Instead of support, both the Irish and the European institutions foisted an austerity agenda on Greece and Ireland and other domestic countries across Europe. This includes the Fine Gael and Labour government in Dublin who themselves have been obedient agents of austerity in Ireland. This obedience was evident recently in the comments from the Euro Group President (Jeroen Dijsselbloem) when he said that Greece ‘should follow Ireland’ which he said, ‘is making strong progress on all fronts’. I wonder how the Euro Group president defines ‘progress on all fronts’. ‘All fronts’ apparently does not include the most vulnerable in society such as the homeless, the disabled or unemployed which are bearing the brunt of austerity in Ireland and Greece."@en1
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