Maybrit Illner: Oskar Lafontaine criticized Greece Policy – SPIEGEL ONLINE

The left rhetorician from Saarland conceded that night on all sides: “I agree with you!”, “You’d be surprised, but I agree with you!”, While Oskar Lafontaine could hang up his usual socialist records for a while – especially the classic “The US has over the IMF its geo-strategic interests” and the Evergreen a “controlled monetary policy”.

This he also recommended the Greeks, they should return to the drachma or potsherds. A scandal is that in Greece the “ultra rich” shipowner did not pay taxes (“I agree with you!”). And was pointless, that Europe would win just six months more time in an agreement at the last minute (“You will be surprised, but I agree with you!”). Had

Right in Lafontaine’s eyes the former FDP MEP and Greek “Honorary Ambassador” Jorgo Chatzimarkakis with his call for a “Marshall Plan” if not for all “Southerners”, at least for Greece. And he agreed Carsten Linnemann, chairman of the CDU-Business Association, in its analysis, billions more are just as wasted as all previous billions as well.

“The left-wing government is composed of Greeks”

For much of the round was at Maybrit Illner the issue of shipment (“Expensive Greek bailout – bad compromise for Europe?”) unanimously “Unfortunately, yes,” answered with. It also changed a Turn to Martin Schulz in Brussels nothing. Illner: “How are you today?” Schulz sigh: “Well,” the go himself “yes even on your nerves if you achieved here again and again no result”. Nevertheless he remains confident that in the end, both sides, reason, compromise, lazy, for Europe. . Unfortunately,

Wide awake was the President of the European Parliament, as Illner him wanted to look and know very concretely in the cards whether you because the strict IMF if necessary “out buy” can – not from Greek so the templates of the Monetary Fund , but will operate from a European fund. As Schulz liked not spill the beans, referring to hard-working colleagues. Yes, unfortunately.

Otherwise, there were minor skirmishes, which were not without entertainment value – as long as you’re not a lung sick pensioners from Athens or living as a single mother in Thessaloniki. So Carsten Linnemann blared from the chatzimarkakische demand for a “future plan” with the remark, “this lyre” he can already hear for five years. The problems in Greece would be there for much longer, and that “for 1000 years”.

On Illner question, why just a – partially – left government allow that billions would out of the country, also Chatzimarkakis knew no brighter than answer: “Because the left-wing government of Greece is”. This Greek ministers had cast their secret funds because it could not from their Greek skin, and this problem must finally on the table; a statement which he underlined with punch to the same.

Against this generalization, the Young Socialist chairman Johanna Ueckermann indignant: “I do not know how many Greeks you know ??” Chatzimarkakis dryly: “I am one.”

Uecker man demanded that one must “pull forward out of the mud” the carts and raised as the only participant of the round the impression of wanting to leave an economic problem not right or left economists: “What completely out of sight device, is that young people today can already see no future in Europe! ” It had the courage her to radically change something. Doted implored the “people” and the “great project of” Europe.

Again, she echauffierte about the not unpopulistische entering an their party leader Sigmar Gabriel, he wanted the delusions of a “communist government” not of ” make them pay German workers and their families “. There would be so Ueckermann, “the SPD ever further” have been.

Lafontaine again looked at this point like an aging dog who wants to run no more after each stick. This Gabriel just, what do you expect? A country could also be broken save.

The DIHK chief makes it easy

Here countered “world” Dorothea Siems -Wirtschaftsredakteurin by referring to Spain , Portugal and Ireland, which would have saved all healthy. N / A?

Lafontaine insisted, these countries can not be compared with Greece, there still were playing in other factors. What you can never check believe everything or leave but. There is a basic problem of this major Greek theme that some day about economic, historical, sociological, political science, and presumably ethnological theses can be written.

Gar as simple as Eric Schweitzer, president of the German Chamber of Commerce (DIHK), it makes up for all dissent but no more. Schweitzer saw the causes of the lack of “economic substance” of the country – that is, the absence of a decades-old heavy industry, or at least a competitive pistachio industry – at “the politicians”. Without trust, no investment, no investment, no prosperity.

While Schweitzer still supportive of the state, therefore, spoke to him and an unruly Lafontaine in itself hineinbrabbelte, let an anonymous audience member applied behind him and clear up and snap shut his mouth: “Blah, blah, blah”.