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IMF's Lagarde Responds To Tsirpas: Calls Use Of Credit Event As Negotiating Tactic "Simply Nonsense"

After last night's oddly drafted letter by the Greek PM Tsipras (which contained a combination of typed text and scribbles) to IMF head Lagarde in the wake of the Wikileaks revelation which was interpreted by many, the Greek government included, that the IMF would seek a "credit event" to facilitate its debt-reduction negotiations with Angela Merkel, it was only a matter of time before the IMF officially responded to the Greek premier and population. She did so moments ago.

The highlights:

Greece Demands Explanation From IMF Over Leaked Transcript

Greek politicians wasted no time in seeking a response from the IMF over the leaked transcript released earlier today by Wikileaks suggesting the IMF may threaten to pull out of the country's bailout as a tactic to force European lenders to more offer debt relief, and which according to the Greek government was "interpreted as revealing an IMF effort to blackmail Athens with a possible credit event to force it to give in on pension cuts which it has rejected."

Wikileaks Reveals IMF Plan To "Cause A Credit Event In Greece And Destabilize Europe"

Wikileaks Reveals IMF Plan To "Cause A Credit Event In Greece And Destabilize Europe"

One of the recurring concerns involving Europe's seemingly perpetual economic, financial and social crises, is that these have been largely  predetermined, "scripted" and deliberate acts.

This is something the former head of the Bank of England admitted one month ago when Mervyn King said that Europe's economic depression "is the result of "deliberate" policy choices made by EU elites.  It is also what AIG Banque strategist Bernard Connolly said back in 2008 when laying out "What Europe Wants"

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