Ha, ha, ha, ha! A contender for the shortest joke of the year prize. Though it is two whole words rather than one, and unfortunately an unpleasant fiction.

The most recent victim of bountiful European solidarity is Spain. Rajoy won a landslide victory recently by being reticent on what was in store for the Spaniards. Stringent austerity, tax hikes and slashing of benefits (for a start that is). You know, that tremendously successful plan that has turned Greece into an unbelievable miracle! It is unbelievable actually. How you can wreak so much destruction on a country in such a short a time without physically dropping bombs all over it?

Poor Rajoy has tried in vane to convince the Brussels directorate they were demanding far too much far too quickly. But No! The Brussels Directorate, (fearful of The Frau’s fury) knows best! And Rajoy had better do what he’s told or else! I mean look at Greece. They always do what they’re told there, From Papandreou, to Papademos, to Venizelos, so there’s no reason why Rajoy should not follow their brilliant example. Is there? After all, look at all that has been achieved in Greece. Spain can aspire to the same! Provided it follows the Berlin/Brussels dictate without fail!

Yes. That’s one definition of European Solidarity. Another is what happened in Greece today.

It appears the run up to the election is not going as well as the Berlin/Brussels axis Quislings had hoped. To be sure, like Rajoy, not only are they trying to mislead the electorate about what is in store for them, but they are actually trying to convince it that they have been very successful so far! For all their efforts at arrant deceit, however, they know they are not convincing. So an announcement was circulated in the press today.

The EU was planning a super Marshall Aid plan for the south in an amount of 200 billion Euro. The politicians pounce on this and tell us Ah! But be careful! You have to return us (the Berlin/Brussels axis Quislings that is) to power otherwise we will not be able to avail ourselves of these goodies!

However, before the euphoria could even start, Brussels released a strong denial. No such plan was being considered!

Well we knew that! It was only in the Greek press and nowhere else. A little piece of insignificant misinformation, perhaps, to convince the electorate that European Solidarity was coming into play. Well it wasn’t. And no one but no one expected anything of the kind. Not even the groveling lackeys serving the Troika! 

It’s time we all stopped the fun and games and came to grips with reality.