Conspiracy theories suggest powerful making most of the crisis

THERE is a conspiracy theory gaining ground in Brussels these days on what the Greek debacle and its fallout is really all about.

The Bilderberg group with its annual private meeting of over 100 guests influential in the world of politics and business from Europe and the US is being credited with masterminding it.

It would help explain how the leader of the largest EU country could be apparently so silly as to give investors and credit rating agencies control of the economic destinies of whole countries. But whatever the truth of this theory, it is increasingly believable that powerful actors are taking advantage of the situation.