Greece adopts anti-poverty law in face of EU opposition
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:34 am
This is really rich! Correct me if I'm wrong, but any country passing its own legislation for its own interests is engaging in a "unilateral" action. 
Come on Greece, leave the EU and give all these dumbass EU technocrats the pink slip they deserve!!!
[quote=http://rt.com/news/241985-greece-anti-poverty-law/]The Greek parliament approved a “humanitarian crisis”? bill Wednesday, the first of a raft of social measures proposed by new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, despite stiff opposition from the European Commission, who called the law a “unilateral”? action.
The bill, which adopted housing allowances and emergency food aid for the poorest Greeks, was passed with support from conservative New Democracy lawmakers, as the government snubbed efforts by the European Commission to scupper it.
"If they're doing it to frighten us, the answer is: we will not be frightened. The Greek government is determined to stick to the Feb. 20 agreement. However, we demand the same from our partners. Let them stop unilateral actions, respecting the agreement they signed,”? Tsipras told parliament.
"What else can one say to those who have the audacity to say that dealing with a humanitarian crisis is a unilateral action?" he added. [/quote]
Come on Greece, leave the EU and give all these dumbass EU technocrats the pink slip they deserve!!![quote=http://rt.com/news/241985-greece-anti-poverty-law/]The Greek parliament approved a “humanitarian crisis”? bill Wednesday, the first of a raft of social measures proposed by new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, despite stiff opposition from the European Commission, who called the law a “unilateral”? action.
The bill, which adopted housing allowances and emergency food aid for the poorest Greeks, was passed with support from conservative New Democracy lawmakers, as the government snubbed efforts by the European Commission to scupper it.
"If they're doing it to frighten us, the answer is: we will not be frightened. The Greek government is determined to stick to the Feb. 20 agreement. However, we demand the same from our partners. Let them stop unilateral actions, respecting the agreement they signed,”? Tsipras told parliament.
"What else can one say to those who have the audacity to say that dealing with a humanitarian crisis is a unilateral action?" he added. [/quote]