In the European Commission, tax rules are sacred, except for bombing and dying. This body has a very strict policy on the public deficit of its partners and governments justify social cuts (in employment, in aid to alleviate dependency, in pensions, in health …) saying that they must meet the deficit targets imposed by Brussels. There are no exceptions to the sacred deficit, at least to increase social spending. Coercion and cuts are above other criteria, except when we have to spend on arms and defence, as is now the case in France, when the Islamic State has been attacked. The European Commission has authorised the Hexagon to breach its public deficit requirements: This amounts to half a point of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or EUR 10 billion, according to government estimates. Therefore, France has free way to bomb and kill in taxes on the purchase of arms. After the United States, China and Russia, France is the country with the largest military budget, with EUR 62 billion annually, 2.2% of GDP.

We are aware of the tragedies of the Syrian, Iraqi and Afghan refugees who are taking the doors of Europe in droplets. They are the victims of the colonialist, imperialist, geostrategic and warlike politics of the American Europeans, but for them there is no money. But yes, to bomb them and kill them. The European Commission is consistent with the lobbies of the arms industry and we have been told what it is: the Europe of the markets, the Europe of capital. There is no money for social policies, because the public deficit targets must be met. There is money to bomb and kill, even if the deficit is skyrocketing.