MERKEL
WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
This week
we will watch yet again, the grandstanding of our political and financial elites,
at another champagne drinking, carbon footprint enlarging, summit conference to
save the world.
The time
has come to introduce a moment of humor and light relief, into this otherwise Shakespearean tragedy. In
trying to think what it all reminded me of, my thoughts were drawn irresistibly
to the Walt Disney cartoon film, that
children’s favorite, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”.
In reality only eight people really count in Europe
today, and the personalities portrayed
by Disney fit them all rather well:
Snow White Angela
Merkel
Dopey Francois
Hollande
Sneezey Mariano Rajoy
Sneezey Mariano Rajoy
Happy Mario
Draghi
Sleepy Jose Manuel Barrosso
Grumpy Wolfgang Schauble
Bashful Van Rumpoy
Doc Dr. Mario Monti
Sleepy Jose Manuel Barrosso
Grumpy Wolfgang Schauble
Bashful Van Rumpoy
Doc Dr. Mario Monti
“Snow White”, as the only woman in the group, Angela Merkel is the obvious
candidate. She certainly believes she is the most beautiful, even though the
mirror on the wall may disagree. She wants the Dwarfs to put the house in order
and get back to work in the mine, so long as it is German owned. She also has a
split personality and can on occasion double as the wicked witch. One wonders to whom she would offer
the poisoned apple… the choice is limitless?
“Dopey”, although there were many contenders, the winner is probably
Francois Hollande, the late arrival. He thinks you can achieve austerity by
spending more, increase productivity by working less, and motivate businesses
by taxing more. Good luck with all that.
“Sneezy” is certainly Rajoy. As soon as he sneezed all Europe
caught a cold, although of course he has been spreading the microbes around for
months, while telling everybody he was perfectly healthy and did not need any
medication. Snow White should smack him and send him to bed.
“Happy” is Draghi, the only one who is standing on the sidelines, truly
understanding what is going on, and having a good laugh at the discomfiture of the
others. When the situation becomes absolutely desperate, the others will ask
him to print EUR Trillions, and let the ECB become a real clone of the FED. As
the Japanese proverb goes, “if you sit long enough by the river you will see
the corpses of your enemies float by”.
“Sleepy” is Barosso, he has been asleep at the wheel for decades,
perhaps brought on by reading the thoughts of Chairman Mao during EU plenary sessions.
Not even Daniel Hannan’s reasoned attacks can get him to lift his head from his
Blackberry.
“Grumpy” is our much maligned but very competent German finance Minister,
the enforcer of Merkel White’s policies. He is an uncompromising Germany
first politician, there are even rumors he was thrown out of the Gestapo for
cruelty.
“Bashful” is Von Rumpoy, our anticharismatic non elected
“representative”. Much maligned by Nigel Farage for his unprepossessing timid
appearance, Von Rumpoy should not be underestimated. He is highly intelligent,
cultured, has his own agenda, and is often almost invisible.
“Doc” is Mario Monti. Well you could not arrange a putsch and send a
simple citizen to Rome .
It would be like a rerun of Mr Smith goes to Washington . No, you need to send a Doctor in
Economics at a minimum, even better with a Nobel prize, for the destruction of
democracy to be credible.
Let’s see what the “dream team” will achieve in the next couple of days
and in the meantime, happy viewing, and
bring lots of Popcorn and Coca Cola.
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