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  Barry
  I agree that more controls are required as what we are seeing is the result of rampant, unfettered capitalism. When the 'weaker' countries joined the Euro the financial institutions leapt in and brought billions which were used to support domestic policies and for investment. Politicians, seduced by the glass and steel and intoxicated by the prestige, encouraged more. However, at the fist hint of economic trouble, the financial institution leapt out and took their money with them leaving the awful mess we see. What has happened to those who were most to blame? Nothing. What has happened to those least to blame? They are being told to work harder, work longer, cut, cut cut and expect less and less.
  Who can blame them for taking to the streets? Generations are condemned to hardship whilst those who should be held accountable are waltzing off to their next project apparently immune to the consequences of their actions.
  There is a saying that 'the operation was a success but the patient still died'; and we can see this being played out in Greece at the moment. Sadly, real people are having their lives devastated as politicians and financiers impose impossible demands on them to demonstrate their own 'potency' and to pass the buck.

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