Dexia: What if we stopped banking?
by Comité de soutien au recours du CADTM Belgique, ATTAC Bruxelles 2 et ATTAC Liège contre les garanties Dexia
Having saved the banks from bankruptcy, States have seen their public debt skyrocket. Government authorities are now under pressure from the financial markets and European authorities (and the IMF, in some cases) to adopt austerity plans in order to find the necessary financial resources to reimburse the debt. Although its situation is less tragic than that of Greece, Belgium is no exception.