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DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADE BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD REGIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).

Spanish commissioner lashes out at core eurozone states Today SEPT 9,11 @ 09:18 By Leigh Phillips

Spain’s European commissioner has lashed out at core eurozone states in the wake of suggestions from the Netherlands and Germany that heavily indebted members of the single currency could be booted out of the club.There are member states, in particularly some of the most powerful - Germany, Netherlands, Finland, Austria - who feel that they don't have this kind of problem, said Joaquin Almunia, the EU executive’s competition commissioner.These wealthier states feel that they don't need to make an additional effort to compensate the lack of resources of the countries who have the most difficulties to reduce imbalances, he continued, according to a report from AFP.Since the start of the eurozone crisis, Finland, Austria, the Netherlands and Germany, all triple-A-rated states, have consistently held to a hawkish line on austerity and demands on peripheral eurozone countries who did not benefit from the creation of the single currency to the same extent as the core.Most recently, on Wednesday, the Hague and Berlin mooted the idea that if countries do not adhere to strict budget discipline, they could in extreme cases be expelled from the euro.Those who think that this hypothesis is possible just do not understand our process of integration,Almunia added, speaking in New York.European integration is the only option.Greece on Thursday was also quick to respond to the bellicose language coming from the Netherlands and Germany, insisting that the country will not leave the euro.There is no threat of Greece exiting the eurozone, government spokesman Ilias Mossialos said, according to local reports. We are proceeding with reforms quickly.Separately, France on Thursday evening approved the second bail-out package for Greece and measures strengthening the eurozone’s rescue fund.The bill approving an agreement reached between European premiers and presidents on 21 July this year won support from the governing right-wing UMP of President Nicolas Sarkozy while the opposition Socialists abstained. The far left voted against the measures.

Also on Thursday, Germany’s Bundestag initiated its debate on the strengthening of the eurozone rescue fund, the European Financial Stability Fund. Berlin is expected to vote on the wider package of measures on 29 September.Meanwhile, the European Central Bank announced it was to keep interest rates unchanged at 1.5 percent as a result of what the bank’s president, Jean-Claude Trichet, described as particularly high uncertainty and intensified downside risks to the European economy.His words were also echoed on Thursday in a gloomy warning from the OECD that declared the world to be on the brink of a second recession and that the eurozone crisis was in danger of worsening.Growth is turning out to be much slower than we thought three months ago and the risk of hitting patches of negative growth going forward has gone up, said OECD chief Economist Pier Carlo Padoan.The eurozone will see 1.4 percent growth in the third quarter before dropping to just 0.4 percent in the final stretch of the year.The zone’s main economic engine, Germany, will see growth of 2.6 percent in the third quarter, according to the OECD, before sliding to 1.4 percent in the fourth quarter.

EU moots greater role in deals with oil-rich countries 08.09.11 @ 09:21 By Valentina Pop

The European Commission on Wednesday suggested it should negotiate strategic energy contracts with other countries on behalf of the whole EU and have a greater say when countries strike bilateral deals with Russia.The EU imports 80 percent of its oil (Paul Lowry)If we speak on one voice, we get a completely different weight, so that the divide-and-rule principle will no longer be successful for other countries, EU energy commissioner Guenther Oettinger said during a press briefing outlining the proposal.Pending approval by member states and the European Parliament, the external energy policy draft would require all EU member states to provide information on existing and negotiating agreements in all areas, not only oil and gas.This would apply to private companies as well, so long as they are part of an inter-governmental agreement - for instance BP bidding for a gas exploitation in Russia.

The commission would have an observer-adviser status in the negotiation process and respect confidentiality rules towards other member states if needed, he explained.
Currently, EU states have to notify the commission only after they concluded gas supply agreements with other countries, including Russia which is the biggest exporter to the EU.Presenting it as advantageous for Moscow as well, since it would avoid painful court cases for breaches of EU competition law, Oettinger noted that Poland had already approached his services for advice and legal expertise during negotiations on the Yamal gas pipeline from Russia.This doesn't mean the European Commission will be at the negotiation table in all negotiations or reviewing all existing agreements - that would be overly bureaucratic. But when it's about the security of supply and could jeopardise open competition in the internal market - there we want to be active, offer legal opinion early in the proceedings,he said.The proposal would also allow the EU to strike deals for instance with Tunisia, Egypt or Libya not only to secure oil supplies, but also to provide solar energy.

Democracy.
The democratic credentials of the supplier countries will not be a factor when the EU strikes deals.I don't think we can require higher ethical rules than we can actually expect. If we say we're going to treat only with countries which are full democracies, we may as well just park our car in the garage,Oettinger quipped.But he insisted that energy can help bring about structural change, more democracy, market economy and human rights.Current events, however, have proven the contrary. In oil-rich Libya, a 42-year-long dictatorship based on revenues from this fossil fuel is now coming to an end after six months of fighting and Nato airstrikes.It's true across the whole raw materials sector, particularly in the case of gas and oil, most countries we get these products from don't have the same degree of democracy or market economy and respect for the rule of law we're familiar with. Take China, need I say more? the German politician admitted.He suggested that a democratically elected post-Gaddafi government should focus not only on oil revenues, but also solar power and energy efficiency.Commenting on the draft bill, European Parliament chief Jerzy Buzek, said an energy market was just as important as creating the single market in 1992.He singled out the requirement to exchange information about bilateral deals as a step towards joint purchasing and said that the EU negotiating deals for large infrastructure projects will become ever more necessary.Centre-right Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski told this website that the initiative improves current rules on how to strike energy deals with other countries.We need information on the structure of energy relations of the member states with third countries in order to develop a comprehensive energy diplomacy,he said.Others were more critical. British Conservative MEP Giles Chichester, who specialises in energy issues, slammed it as the worst kind of meddling, voicing concern over confidentiality and commercial rules.Our energy arrangements are Britain's own business, not the commission's. This is an attempt to control and interfere with our individual trading interests on a new and deeply worrying scale. The commission is up to its old empire-building tricks,he said.

US calls for more forceful action to save the euro
Today SEPT 9,11 @ 08:34 By EUOBSERVER

Europe needs to take more forceful action to generate confidence that it can and will resolve its crisis,US treasury secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday. This requires governments working together and alongside the European Central Bank in an unequivocal commitment to support Europe's financial system,he added.

German debate considers north and south eurozone
Today SEPT 9,11 @ 08:33 By EUOBSERVER

A southern euro would allow Mediterranean countries to devaluate the currency and borrow money at lower costs, while bailouts should be renationalised - each country should pay on its own, writes Hans-Olaf Henkel, former chief of the German industry association. His op-ed was published Friday in several German newspapers.

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DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)

DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.

DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.

REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)

Group of five calls for EU military headquarters
Today SEPT 9,11 @ 09:28 By Andrew Rettman

Five of the biggest EU countries have tasked foreign relations chief Catherine Ashton with making plans for an EU military command centre despite British objections.Foreign ministers from the group - France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain - in a letter dated 2 September and seen by EUobserver urged Ashton to: Examine all institutional and legal options available to member states, inlcuding permanent structred co-operation, to develop critical CSDP [Common Security and Defence Policy] capabilities, notably a permanent planning and conduct capability.
They added: We would appreciate if you present conclusions of the work ... in early autumn with a view to achieving tangible results by the end of the year.Permanent structred co-operation is an EU treaty option that allows nine or more member states to press ahead on an EU project without the others.It was first used earlier this year on EU divorce and patent laws.Setting up a non-EU-27 command hub for EU military missions would be a major step toward what EU jargon calls a multi-speed Europe. But plans afoot to create joint economic governance among the 17 euro-using countries are likely to put even the military project into the shade.The letter justified the plan by reference to the Arab Spring and the economic crisis.

Instability and the proliferation of crises on the one side, and scarcity of resources on the other side, have significantly raised expectations as to the effectiveness and credibility of EU actions,it said. The ministers added that EU talks in July proved there is a strong politicl will to go ahead.The initiative is a long-cherished one by Poland and France, which wants to go beyond EU battlegroups - temporary teams of troops from two or three EU countries ready to be sent to hot-spots at short notice - toward an EU army.It comes after the conflict in Libya showed that the US, individual EU countries such as France and the UK, as well as Nato, pitch the EU into the background in the case of war.Ashton drew up a hybrid EU military-humanitarian mission - Eufor Libya - but the project never got off the ground.The US has in the past said it wants the EU to do more in managing world crises. But the group of five risk angering the UK, the EU's biggest military spender, which forcefully criticised the idea in July.I have made very clear that the United Kingdom will not agree to a permanent operational HQ. We will not agree to it now and we will not agree to it in the future. That is a red line,UK foreign miniser William Hague said at the time. Duplicating Nato structures is a waste of money he added.

Chinese yuan to be convertible with euro by 2015
08.09.11 @ 09:30 By Valentina Pop

China is seeking to make its currency fully convertible by 2015, officials said in Beijing, a move which may help the ailing euro and dollar, which are losing against an under-valuated yuan.China aims at making the yuan a reserve currency like the euro (EUobserver.com)Chinese officials told the EU business community in Beijing that the yuan will achieve full convertibility by 2015, Davide Cucino, the head of the EU's chamber of commerce in China said in a press conference on Wednesday (8 September).We were told by those officials by 2015, Cucino said, as quoted by the Bloomberg news agency. The process will be a gradual one, he added.A similar timeline is being floated by Asian currency experts as well. It's not beyond imagination that the renminbi could become fairly, if not fully, convertible in the next five years, Monish Mahurkar from the Asian Development Bank said during a conference in Hong Kong, Dow Jones reports.Currently, the Chinese yuan (RMB - remnibi) is held within strict margins by the People’s Bank of China, which sets a rate each morning around which the currency can trade. This policy has for a long time prompted criticism from Europe and the US that the remnibi is under-valued, hurting European exports, among others.China, the second-largest economy in the world, also limits conversion of the yuan for investment purposes. But by 2015, this may change, allowing the remnibi to become a reserve currency alongside the US dollar and the euro.Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan is due to meet British chancellor George Osborne on Thursday in London. According to the Financial Times, Wang will back efforts by British banks to establish a yuan offshore trading center in London’s financial district.

Chinese ratings agency

Meanwhile, China’s Dagong ratings agency put forward plans to expand on an international level and strengthen ties with the world’s three largest graders of debt - Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch.The China Daily newspaper reported that Dagong CEO Guan Jianzhong hopes the planned new agency will obtain a leading position in the rating market within the next five years. The company will be set up branches in Europe, the US, Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa, the paper said.
Founded in 1994, Dagong has already had co-operation with overseas ratings agencies in Japan, South Korea and Brazil. On 3 August, Dagong cut its sovereign rating for the US by one notch to A, on a par with Russia and South Africa. Two days later, Standard & Poor's followed suit, cutting America's triple-A rating to AA+ and causing a storm on financial markets.EU officials have repeatedly criticised the quasi-monopoly of US ratings agencies, whose scathing assessments of euro-countries' capacity to pay back their debt has inflamed markets and contributed to the skyrocketing debt costs for Greece, Portugal, Italy and Spain.But Dagong has made similar moves, even as it maintains higher ratings for the euro-countries than the big three.Following the 21 July deal on a second Greek bail-out, Dagong said that the new rescue plan is expected to prevent Greece from unilateral default by 2014, but the solvency of the state thereafter is still not encouraging.But it welcomed the agreed changes to the eurozone bail-out fund (EFSF), saying that if approved, the measures will enhance the ongoing credit ratings of other members in the eurozone.