4 months ago

8.08pm, 8 March 2010

Speculators … must know that ‘solidarity’ means something.

Christine Lagarde, French Finance Minister

Quelle surprise. President Sarkozy and his offsider on economic matters, Christine Lagarde, are looking to tighten the screws on investors. If you listened to the French, you’d think that the problems Greece currently faces are entirely the fault of faceless speculators. Apparently government profligacy isn’t to blame…