Varoufakis: Greek deal will fail; Hollande proposes Eurozone government

Yanis-Varoufakis (photo by Jörg Rüger)

Will the deal with Greece succeed? According to its last finance minister, the answer is no:

July 18, 2015

Economic reforms imposed on Greece by creditors are going to fail, according to the country’s outspoken former finance minister.

Yanis Varoufakis told the BBC that Greece was subject to a programme that will “go down in history as the greatest disaster of macroeconomic management ever”.

His warning came as Greece’s prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, reshuffled his cabinet barely 48 hours after dissidents broke ranks over the bailout deal for the country. …

“We’re completely united in lambasting the highly undemocratic and economically irrational policies of the European Union towards the government.”

The reshuffle saw nine changes overall including the ousting of energy minister and veteran Marxist, Panagiotis Lafazanis, head of Syriza’s militant Left Platform. He was replaced by former labour minister Panos Skourletis. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/18/greece-debt-crisis-reforms-fail-yanis-varoufakis

The reality is that unless there is a new major economic development in Greece, the Greeks will not be able to pay back the debt and could end up in a similar position in a few years.

Notice one political ‘solution’ to all of this is to ‘reshuffle’ the cabinet of Greek Prime Minister Tsipras. That, of itself, will not solve the problems of Greece. Greece needs the kingdom of God, but does not seem to consider that. Greek Prime Minister Tsipras is an atheist.

It is not just Greece that thinks political reorganization is what is needed to prevent future problems in Europe. French President Hollande, another atheist, had proposed an additional government for Eurrope:

July 19, 2015

PARIS—French President Francois Hollande on Sunday called for the creation of a eurozone government and for citizens to renew their faith in the European project, which has been weakened by the Greek crisis.Reviving an idea originally put forward by former European Commission chief Jacques Delors, Hollande proposed “a government of the eurozone [with] a specific budget as well as a parliament to ensure its democratic control.”

The French president said the 19 member states of the eurozone had chosen to join the monetary union because it was in their interests and no one had “taken the responsibility of getting out of it”.

“This choice calls for a strengthened organization, an advance guard of the countries who will decide on it,” he said.

The eurozone’s members are currently united in the informal body the Eurogroup, which comprises each country’s finance minister, presided over by Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem.

“What threatens us is not an excess of Europe but its insufficiency,” Hollande wrote in an op-ed in the Journal du Dimanche weekly newspaper.

Hollande said Europe had let its institutions become weaker and admitted the EU’s 28 members were “struggling to find common ground to move forward. Parliaments remain too far away from decisions. And people are turning away after having been bypassed so much.”

The president said populist movements had seized on Europeans’ disenchantment with European institutions and were taking issue with Europe because “they are scared of the world, because they want divisions, walls and fences to return.” http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-hollande-calls-for-creation-of-eurozone-government/2869333.html

Does Europe need stronger government? Will reorganizations fix Europe?

Whether or not such are ‘needed,’ the Bible shows that they will happen. Notice a prophecy about a reorganization, that then leads more towards a dictatorship for Europe:

12 “The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. (Revelation 17:12-13)

These ten kings have no kingdom, but are to attain one. Thus, this is a type of reorganization in verse 12. Since they give their power to the Beast in verse 13, this is a second reorganization. The “beast” is not shown to have much power prior to Revelation 17:12-13. This Beast power will control economic matters.

Notice that the Bible teaches:

15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666. (Revelation 13:15-18)

This is a dictatorial power. It will control the economy.

While France’s Hollande is not directly proposing this, his proposal is consistent with what will happen ultimately in Europe.

However, before Revelation 17:12-13 is fulfilled, I expect more civil unrest in Greece and other countries in Europe.

The Bible is clear that the final European Beast power will be a mixture of of weak and strong parties that do not adhere particularly well together per Daniel 2:41-43. The end result will be that the Beast power will arise, reorganize (Revelation 17:12-13) and surprise many (Revelation 13:1-4). Including the USA and UK who will not fare well (cf. Daniel 11:39).

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