‘You should not always be honest in Brussels’

Published on 27 March 2013 at 10:43

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Was Dutch Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem right to talk about bailing-in contributions from creditors, shareholders and savers on a day when yet another eurozone country was saved from collapse?
The daily argues that the plan, which was supported by most countries in northern Europe, should not be criticised. However, the “schoolmasterly” remarks made by the Eurogroup president, whom many believed to be “young and inexperienced”, could cost him dearly.
The newspaper concludes that Dijsselbloem was too honest, and that he would do well to heed the advice of his predecessor, Luxembourg’s Jean-Claude Juncker, who remarked: “When it becomes serious, you have to lie.”

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