Monday, February 2, 2015

Obama sympathizes Greece – FAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Obama sympathizes Greece – FAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

      

 
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         

 
 
 
 
 
          US President Barack Obama
     

 
                                           
 
 
     
     
     
         
         
                                                             

US President Barack Obama jumps to the new Greek Prim e Minister Alexis Tsipras and his attempt to spend more money, in no uncertain terms to one side. “You can countries that are in the midst of a depression, not ever squeeze,” Obama said in an interview with CNN (here the original). If an economy “in free fall” located, it need especially a growth strategy – the only way to reduce its debt burden a country

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by name, it should be clear to whom is America’s President: First and foremost, probably because of the German federal government, then to the other euro countries in the coming weeks with the leadership of the Prime Minister Alexis Tsirpas will negotiate future support. But Obama also said that structural reforms in Greece bitter were needed -. About the management must necessarily be able to collect taxes

                         
         
         
                                                             

Given the rapidly declining living standards of the people were structural reforms but difficult to implement. He Obama hope that Greece could remain a member of the European Monetary Union. But were “compromise on all sides” necessary – that is also addressed to the Greek left-right government, which promised much in the election campaign, which is not affordable because of the State’s finances. In general, Europe now need a strategy for growth. “If we have learned anything in America, then the best way to reduce high debt growth.”


                         
         
         
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Greek Prime Minister Tsipras and his Finance Minister Giani Varoufakis currently touring Europe to make official visits and to explore how a new “deal” for Greece might look like. On Sunday evening Varoufakis was in Paris and met the French Finance Minister Michel Sapin. This Monday Tsipras is in Cyprus, which has also been supported by the financial crisis.


                         
         
         
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The Greek Deputy Interior Minister George Katrougalos meanwhile described the situation in his country of disastrous. “Greece is caught in a spiral from which we will not come out with the policies of the past four years,” he told the “Bild-Zeitung”. The debt of his country had not fallen, but now higher by half than in 2010, the unemployment persist in 25 percent. And “more people are living on the poverty line.”


                         
         
         
                                                             

What the new administration wants to do about it, is not yet clear. Previously known by the Greek government are apparently pursued plans to stop privatization, the minimum wage to increase again to 751 euros a month – one of the requirements for the work grant the other euro count ries and the International Monetary Fund is to reduce it to 586 euros was – retrieve and redundant public servants.

                                                                             
 
  

 
 
 
                       

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The American president turns in no uncertain terms in the European debt dispute. “You can countries that are in the midst of a depression, not ever squeeze,” he says. And it is clear to whom the message is addressed.

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