"Say Goodbye to EU Tourism" - Erdoğan vows fight against alcohol, tobacco, drugs.

"Say Goodbye to EU Tourism" - Erdoğan vows fight against alcohol, tobacco, drugs. (HD).

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has vowed a struggle against alcohol, tobacco and drugs with his "full power" if he becomes a president.

Erdoğan, who is running for a presidential post on Aug. 10, didn't make it secret that he will turn the presidency into a more effective position, a stark departure from previous presidents who occupied the ceremonial seat.

Erdoğan recalled his "personal sensitivities" about smoking and said it is not only about tobacco, but also "alcohol." He also added "bonzai" to his list of "harmful products" he vowed to fight against and said this is both Turkey's "national and spiritiual matter."

He said if he is elected as a president, he will fight against harmful products, particularly alcohol and drugs, with all "my resources and authority." Hmmm....I predict European tour operators will get a lot more bookings to Greece.

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"CHANGE" - Europe's future Face might look totally different.

"CHANGE" - Europe's future Face might look totally different.HT: Zerohedge.

Mario Draghi may have lied to Zero Hedge when saying there was no European "Plan B" (or Z), but he was right when he said that there has been a "vast amount of political capital that has been invested into the Euro." There is one problem: that political capital (like virtually every other form of capital in Europe) is evaporating at an unprecedented pace.

The following map from Votewatch may be in French, but what needs no translation is what Europe can expect following the 2014 elections for European Parliament which start today and continue until the 25.

In short - with the biggest projected "gainer" in the election, and a forecast winner in places like the UK, France, Denmark, Poland, Finland and others, being v, projected to gain 56 parliamentary seats to a record 177 (at the expense of popular European parties), the surge in the "revulsion and loathing" at the concept of a "united Europe" is unprecedented.

At this rate one more election and the Eurosceptics will be the single largest political block in a "United" Europe. We hope even hard line eurocrats can see the problem with that outcome.