27/04/2010
http://assets.fundacionfaes.org/prensa/2010/04/W1AZNARCHICAGO26042010.jpg Jos? Mar?a Aznar: "It was American"s blood, toil, tears and sweat that kept the flame of liberty alive in Europe in last century"s darkest moments, and that enabled many nations to build a new future in peace" "The mechanism devised to alleviate the Greek sovereign debt crisis is of utmost importance, as it will provide the incentives and political restrictions other struggling countries with real systemic importance will have to face" "Short-term pain savings may not be worth the long-term consequences of putting in place bad incentives against fiscal discipline for the second time in the short history of the euro" "The main issue that will ultimately shape the economy, policies, and power balances in the future Europe is not the Lisbon Treaty, but the response to the fiscal crisis that is currently taking place in several euro area countries"