Greece crisis: Hollande for quick agreement, Merkel, however – ZEIT ONLINE

In the Bundestag debate on the crisis in Greece is running. What the Chancellor had to say, you can read in detail here .

While the chancellor was left whole, their finance minister was clear. “The situation is every day and every hour is worsening,” said Wolfgang Schäuble with a view to the Greek economy and the banks. Responsible for this is Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. “The situation has deteriorated dramatically since this government took office.” In such a situation “to make such a back and forth, without any rhyme or reason”. The Greeks would have to create its own power a competitive economy. These have there have been negotiations. “You can not stay in the monetary union without massive structural efforts.”

After Merkel had Gregor Gysi the word. In his speech, he accused Merkel, trying to chase the left-wing government of Greece from the office and to put to the referendum on Sunday. He criticized the basic price of Euro Partners. No one should throw a country out of the euro, Gysi said. The Chancellor stand in front of the historic decision to savior or to become the destroyer of the European idea.

Against the criticism of Gysi defended himself following speech whose Sigmar Gabriel . One should not be blackmailed by the Greek government, said the Federal Minister of Economics. Had the other euro countries accepted claims from Athens without consideration, this would have been “unconditional transfer union” entry in a. “It would be the beacon for the nationalist far right. The winner would have been Le Pen and Wilders and not the citizens of Europe.”

The Green Anton Hofreiter Merkel accused the right to use the debt crisis to withdraw power of the European institutions in favor of national governments. The European idea threatens to go to the dogs. It was frightening, will talk as frivolous about a Greek exit from the euro zone.