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Several members of the Greek Debt Truth Committee (GDTC) attended the session on 1st March 2016 at the European Parliament in Brussels on the topic “Restructuring of debt – reconstruction of democracy”.
The session was organized by Nikolaos Chountis, Vice-minister of the first Tsipras government (January-July 2015) and MEP representing Popular Unity since September 2015, replacing Manolis Glezos. The conclusions of the GDTC’s report enabled the participants to throw new light on the diktats imposed on Greece by creditors and the European authorities.
Here we propose to take a closer look at the contributions of four of those present. Maria-Lucia Fattorelli, member of the GDTC and coordinator of the Citizens’ Debt Audit in Brazil.
Maria-Lucia Fattorelli: “Before anything else can be done, there must be a debt audit”
Maria-Lucia Fattorelli decodes the debt system. It is an illegitimate process, rife with corruption, that functions as an instrument designed to transfer resources to the financial sector to the detriment of State economies. The debt system means permanent interference from the IMF alongside other financial administrations, aiming to promote creditors’ privileges.
In the case of Greece, Maria-Lucia Fattorelli evokes two mechanisms that have particularly generated debt: the creation of financial instruments with Goldman Sachs “swaps” deals; and the European Financial Stability Facility (ESFS).
Her sound experience in Latin America enables Maria-Lucia Fattorelli to draw a parallel between the current situation in Greece and that of Brazil, Argentina or Ecuador under the Brady Plan in the 1990s.
To access complete coverage of this session, use the following link: http://www.guengl.eu/news/article/events/restructuring-debt-rebuilding-democracy
And contributions of :
Zoe Konstantopoulou : “The Greek Debt Truth Committee’s final report scared the creditors.”
Eric Toussaint : “The Greek public debt crisis is a web of lies”
Cephas Lumina: “The Paris Club has no legitimacy”
Translated by Vicki Briault and Mike Krolikowski (CADTM)
member of the Committee and coordinator of the Brazilian Citizens’ Debt Audit Commission. Since the 4th April 2015 she is member of the Truth Committee on Public Debt.