The European leaders must resign themselves to monetary union, set down without leaving his option and at the same time to deal with the debt crisis in the region, says Richard Klarida, strategic advisor to Pacific Investment Management Co., The largest bond fund world.
“The challenge for Europe is that the euro was created without a mechanism to leave the monetary union”, said Klarida. “Now they have to create such a mechanism in motion”.
His two-day meeting in Brussels, EU leaders committed themselves to stand up for Greece in the event that the Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou failed to pass a package of new spending cuts. Thus the failure of the Mediterranean countries will be prevented for the moment, but the euro will be supported.
If Greece does not use the euro, the country could devalue its currency and thus lower debt levels and to encourage exports. The plan depends on the ability of the Greek prime minister to push for new budget cuts 78 billion euros in the Greek Parliament. The program was agreed by experts from the European Commission (EC), European Central Bank (ECB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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