Berl dex – Amid much controversy, the Government of Germany, speaking yesterday in the Greek election campaign after it was leaked to the press that the chancellor, Angela Merkel is willing to let Greece remain outside the eurozone if he wins the radical left, while administration officials renewed public pressure for future Greek Prime Minister honor the commitments to implement spending cuts made by the country .
“The German Government considers almost inevitable exit (Greece) in the eurozone if the Leader of the Opposition, Alexis Tsipras (Syriza radical left), directs the government after the elections (legislative elections of January 25), leaving the line of budgetary rigor and leaves to repay the country’s debt, “the Web site of the prestigious weekly Der Spiegel.
Citing” sources close the German Government “means both Merkel added that as Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schauble , and began to assess the impact of a possible Greek abandonment of the common currency.
For observers, both the Chancellor and his minister, both from the conservative CDU, tried to push through these intercompany Greek voters in three quarters want to stay in the euro, and at the same Tsipras , which raised all sorts of criticism in the German opposition and even the social democratic SPD, part of the coalition government of Merkel.
Nearly 24 hours after it was leaked to the Berlin press disinterest to keep Greece in the currency bloc, Merkel’s spokesman, Georg Streiter , claimed that Germany hopes that Greece will adhere to the terms of its bailout agreement with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after the election. However, declined to comment on the report of Der Spiegel.
“Greece fulfilled its obligations in the past. The German government assumes that continue to perform his contractual with the ‘troika’ obligations,” he said. “ Each new government must adhere to contractual obligations of the previous Government ” he said.
The “troika” overseeing the bailout of Greece by 240.000 million euros is made by the European Central Bank, the European Commission (the executive body of the European Union) and the IMF.
The problems of Greece created a political headache for Merkel, to increase support for a new party Right, Alternative by Germany, which exploded disaffection among German voters for the cost of the bailouts of euro area . The apparent change in position of the head of government is, to some analysts, result and that the economic effect of a Greek exit would not be as disastrous as Europe now has a rescue fund “cash”, the European Mechanism Stability (ESM), which protects the big banks by the banking union.
However, both filtration and repeated warnings from Berlin to Athens on the need to strictly follow the plan Setting unleashed all kinds of reactions in local politics.
The German Vice Chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel , who is also finance minister and leader of the Social Democratic SPD, said that “the goal the German Government, the European Union and even the government itself is in Athens Greece to remain within the eurozone “. “ This is why we can not extort money and why we expect the Greek government, regardless of who lead, respect the agreements ” he said.
Secretary of State responsible for European Affairs, the Social Michael Roth , estimated, meanwhile, that “we must avoid causing foolish political and economic consequences.”
A leader of the CDU, Christian Baumler , warned that “if you exit the euro, Greece can not pay its debts and Germany would remain an important part of the burden.”
For the daily Die Welt, close to the conservatives, “ indirectly the government gets into the Greek campaign “. “It’s very dangerous,” estimated “This threat could increase discontent with Germany in Greece and help Tsipras in its” he said.
The German radical left. Also criticized the chancellor. “With that kind of public blackmail attempts to destabilize Greece before the elections,” said the president of Die Linke, Bernd Riexinger .
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