Geez I dont know where to begin on this...
They agreed “to a compromise” i.e. Give us half of what we want or the other half.
The Beatles said it nicely “Let me tell you how it will be... it’s one for you nineteen for me... cuz I’m the Taxman”
"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms, greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge — has marked the upward surge of mankind ... "
The real crisis will happen in more like 5 years, as the aging and retiring European middle class can no longer hold up the growing Welfare State. The crash will not be pretty. The welfare types will NOT be happy on the day the welfare checks don't come