Gesine Schwan gave an interview to
Τageszeitung with references in Greece. Schwan is a historical
member of SPD, Political Theory Professor at the Free University of
Berlin and influential personality of the German left intelligentsia.
"I believe that the Greek people will not give up. The German
government policy strongly harmed Greece,” she says
characteristically.
Schwan accused Schauble,
concerning the Greek debt issue, saying that “Schauble does not
have a rational, economic perspective for the country. He is only
interested to overthrow SYRIZA. This is what he always wanted and
still wants. His actions are deeply ideological. For that reason we
must achieve a governmental change in Germany, this Autumn.”
In another question on whether she
sees a repeat of the situation of summer 2015, Schwan says:
“Theoretically yes. Yet, the fear for a breakup of Europe
itself, especially after the decision of Great Britain for Brexit, is
now bigger.”
Under these circumstances, Schwan
estimates that Schauble's persistence on a rhetoric about Brexit has
nothing positive to bring to the whole discussion. She even describes
this stance as "unreasonable" from an economic perspective
and "authoritarian" from a legal one.
"We have to press them",
Schauble claims, but Schwan estimates that through this way, Germany
will not take back the money lent to Greece. Besides, as she notes:
"Until now we have not paid anything to Greece, we have just
guaranteed".
Therefore, she estimates that the
SPD leader, Martin Schulz, will say straight to the German citizens
that the German government is finally the one who "puts in
risk the taxpayers' money", through the policy that follows
on the Greek issue.
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Blog comment: we seriously doubt
on whether Martin Schulz will follow a different policy in case he
elected. Unfortunately, the key decisions in Germany and the EU have
been delivered to the bankers and the lobbyists. The German big
capital and especially the export capital is gaining significantly
from the crisis and the differences between the surplus Germany and
the high deficit countries in the eurozone.
The European oligarchy would like
to see the Greek experiment completed and expanded because it would
mean zero taxes for them, loot of public property, slavery conditions
for the workers.
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