EU leaders sign new treaty

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EU leaders sign new fiscal treaty
All but two of the EU's 27 leaders sign a new treaty
to enforce ... discipline within the bloc and rein in debts.
bbc.co.uk/news

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The President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, called the pact a strong political statement for the EU.

"In the eyes of the world what is at stake is the very credibility of the euro area and of Europe as a whole," he said.

The pact, he said, enhanced the euro's permanence "contrary to all the negative prophecies".

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"contrary to all the negative prophecies".

Intriguing.
I wonder what prophecies he is referring to? Biblical maybe?

“Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds
by way of reminder), that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before
by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us,the apostles of the Lord and Savior,
knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days...” - 2 Peter chapter 3