The new page in Germany and Athens
When asked last month what was the most difficult moment of her 16-year career, Angela Merkel He had answered that it was the European debt crisis, to be precise “when he asked a lot from the citizens in Greece”. So she regrets her policy afterwards? Its representative avoids such conclusions and insists on recalling the context in which this disgust was expressed. “She was asked by Nigerian writer Tsimamanda Ngozi Antici during the event what she found particularly difficult during her tenure as chancellor,” she explained, so as not to injure the false impression that it was an indirect apology. Thus, there is no question of reviewing the policy pursued by Berlin over the last decade.
The old guard in Germany is withdrawing, as Merkel has engaged in a prolonged farewell to the White House, Bundestag, at the G20 Summits until it passes the baton to its successor and Bolfgang Schieble is not even the Speaker of the German Parliament, although his own desire was different. Athens may be hoping for a different policy from the next government, which according to all indications has the colors of the traffic light (red-green-yellow) and will consist of Social Democrats (SPD), Green and Free Democrats (FDP) ). ) Anyone expecting a spectacular turn in Berlin will be disappointed.
Anyone expecting a spectacular turnaround in Berlin after the formation of the next government is likely to be disappointed.
The Social Democrats have been in government since 2013 and were therefore co-responsible for Germany’s stance during most of the economic crisis. Merkel’s possible successor, Olaf Solts, had been in favor of the Eurobond, but did not intend to waste much political capital on an opinion unpopular in his country. On the contrary, during the pandemic, without the presence of Soltz in the post of German Minister of Finance, it was difficult for the ambitious to decide. Recovery Fund.
Much will depend in the future on the choice of the next Ministry of Finance. Possible delegation to the FDP leader, Christian Lindner, would have catastrophic consequences for Europe, since the liberal politician is a small Seibel, but without the pro-European vision of the former Minister of Finance, which led to Nemesis in Greece. On the contrary, if the position of the Green Robert Hubeck, Europe could deviate from the harsh fiscal discipline of the previous German governments.
In our national affairs, the presence of the Greens is positive, and in fact as the strongest partner of the SPD in the next government. The Green Party has repeatedly denounced the policy of appeasement Tayyip Erdogan which follows Berlin to this day. He has called for a “freeze” on the sale of German submarines in Ankara and is demanding an end to the EU agreement. – Turkey for immigration. Finally, before the elections, the Greens had announced a gesture to our country in the compensations, in order to prove that Germany takes seriously the moral debt that it still owes to Greece from the Second World War until today.