User talk:Naumakos

Italy and PIGS
Regardless of whether Italy has received a bailout or not, since the mid-1990's it has been included in the term. For example:

"'So, when in 1995 Italy — along with the other southern countries of Portugal, Greece and Spain — finally made it to the borderless Europe, signs of elation were palpable … The euphoria, however, did not last long. European clerks in Brussels soon started referring to the Giovannios-come-lately with an unflattering acronym: Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Spain — the PIGS, no less, as Linday Waters reported.' —"

The term predate the crisis by over a decade. Use of the acronym as Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain continued into the current crisis (for example), even after Ireland became associated with the term. -- RA (talk) 22:20, 15 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Continuing on the article talk page. -- RA (talk) 22:22, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

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