The debate about a Greek exit from the euro reopens – The World

The debate about a Greek exit from the euro reopens – The World

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 EFE .- The possibility that Alexis Tsipras wins the general election in Greece on January 25 and take your country to disrupt the ongoing reform have led the debate in Germany about a possible Greek exit from reopening euro.

The debate threw an article that shows the magazine “Der Spiegel” in its morning edition, according to which the German Government considered a Greek exit from the eurozone as ” inevitable “if the leftist Tsipras after winning the elections to end the reformist course.

The magazine relies on “government circles” who argue that both Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble, are now viable exit of Greece euro.

Although there has been no official confirmation of that position, and that the answer you hear in the press departments of the Foreign Ministry and the government is that there is no reason to answer hypothetical questions information has already sparked mixed reactions.

So, for example, the Left Party, the main opposition group, accused the government of Merkel to be blackmailing the Greeks with veiled threats expressed through leaks to the media, to influence elections on January 25.

The leader of the Left, Bernd Riexinger, called the information “Der Spiegel” as a result of “a deliberate indiscretion”.

“ This indiscretion, the Government is launching a bomb exacerbating the Greek crisis. This is a clear blackmail to destabilize Greece before the election” , Riexinger told the online edition of the economic newspaper “Handelsblatt”.

On behalf of the Eurosceptics Alternative for Germany (AFD) has instead been satisfied, and the president of the party, Bernd Lucke said finally, belatedly, Merkel and Schäuble seemed to have recognized the mistakes.

In any case, the willingness to accept that Greece leave the euro implies a change in the German position is, according to “ Der Spiegel “, to progress has been made in the eurozone since the peak of the crisis in 2012 make the danger of contagion has decreased considerably.

sanitation schemes Portugal and Ireland are considered to have been successful and also now available as an effective ESM bailout mechanism.

the danger of contagion has been reduced further shown that markets have so far had moderate reactions to political crisis in Greece and the possibility of a win Tsipras .

Moreover, accepting Greece leaving the reformist course, as promised Tsipras, can engender the risk that reforms in other countries is a challenge and that parties and movements that are against adjustment policies receive tailwind.

“Der Spiegel” quotes an expert from the Government, which does not identify which states that a possible compromise Tsiprar government would politically destabilize other countries, including Spain.

“From the National Front in France until can in Spain, through the movement of Beppe Grillo in Italy, all radicals would downwind if in Greece anti-Europe or anti-reform government imposed against most other European countries, “says the magazine relying on expert opinion unidentified.

The only official government reaction to the debate was a statement by deputy spokesman, Georg Streiter, who said that in the past Athens has fulfilled its commitments and that the German government expects to continue doing them