Where the new SPD leaders are right
Anyone who reads the German press might think that there has been a massive shift to the left in the SPD – and that this also makes the EU partners nervous. But Esken and Walter-Borjan are absolutely right on some points, at least from a European point of view.
This applies above all to economic policy. The EU Commission has just spoken out again in favour of higher investments in Germany – the new SPD double leadership says nothing else.
Esken and Walter-Borjans want to overturn the dogma of the black zero in favour of more investment. No problem for Brussels – this dogma does not exist at all at EU level.
In fact, as SPON notes, the two designated SPD leaders even find themselves in the best of company. Many economists also argue that the state should use the low interest rates to incur new debts for investments. This is even a consensus across Europe – from the EU Commission to the ECB.
There is also no contradiction with Brussels regarding the minimum wage. At 12 euros, Germany would still be in the upper midfield, but not at the top. The new EU Commission is sympathetic to this.
And when it comes to climate protection, the new top comrades in Brussels are already breaking in open doors. From an EU perspective, Germany cannot do enough; a higher base price for CO2 would not be a problem.
And why then do we hear and read that our partners in the EU are worried? Well, that’s mainly because Esken and Walter-Borjan are completely unknown abroad.
In Brussels or Paris, of course, it would have been better if Finance Minister Scholz had taken over the leadership of the SPD – you know him, you can calculate him.
But there is another reason: many EU politicians still rely on Chancellor Merkel and her GroKo. They are regarded as anchors of stability – even if they stand for standstill in European politics.
In view of the inexperienced new EU leadership and the approaching German Council Presidency from July 2020, one would not want to do without the “proven” Chancellor.
Yet so far Merkel has been challenged above all by the CSU – recently also by the turmoil in the CDU. Her problem is not so much the new SPD leadership as her own leadership weakness …
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Claus Hiller
8. Dezember 2019 @ 09:28
In view that it still remains to be seen whether current EU-politics are right (or not) an alternative title for this post could have been “Where the new SPD leaders comply with EU-Dogma” – especially when it comes to “climate protection”.
Also, one can doubt that Brussels has to spend much attention what the new SPD leaders want or not. With the next election they may have progressed from Berlin right into the history books. With leaked SPD-papers demanding 0.70 Euro per liter on top of current Diesel- prices they are working really hard to achieve this.
Holly01
8. Dezember 2019 @ 08:42
Genau darum funktioniert die EU nicht.
Das “Delta” der Unterschied ist überall und es wird überall für “Gewinne” benutzt.
Führen Sie unterschiedliche Mindestlöhne ein, so erhalten Sie unterschiedliche Lebenssituationen und unterschiedliche Lohn- Stückkosten, die Gesellschaften werden gegen einander ausgespielt.
Führen Sie gleiche Mindestlöhne ein so gibt es in vielen Ländern Anpassungsschockwellen, wie die die die DDR deindustrialisiert hat.
Aufhabe der Politik wäre es gewesen, die Lebensverhältnisse und das wirtschaftliche Umfeld innerhalb der EU anzugleichen.
Bis auf den rapiden Verlust an Lebensqualität bei den Ländern mit gehobener Mittelschicht, ist aber nichts passiert.
Es gibt eben viel zu viele Vermögende die das toll finden. Es gibt auch viel zu viele Politiker die das aus verschiedenen Gründen toll finden.
Aber so funktioniert es nicht. So kann es nicht funktionieren.
Genau darum ist China vorne. DAS ist der Hauptvorteil der Planwirtschaft (der wir sehr nahe sind, auch in der “Wertegemeinschaft”.
Der so genannte Markt hat kein Interesse an ähnlichen Lebensbedingungen, er fördert die Extreme, weil er daraus Gewinn schöpft.
Aber so etwas darf man ja nicht sagen, in der Wertegemeinschaft. Das ist ja eine unzulässige Systemkritik……
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Peter Nemschak
7. Dezember 2019 @ 10:15
Der Mindestlohn ist sinnvoll, kann aber aus ökonomischen Gründen nicht für alle Länder gleich hoch angesetzt werden. Sein Höhe sollte von Ökonomen und nicht von Politikern bestimmt werden.
Heinz
7. Dezember 2019 @ 09:37
Higher base price for co2, yes.
Investments, investments, yes.
Minimum wage 12 euros, yes, but for all eu countries and
better world wide.