Zypern attackiert die SPD
Welche Rolle spielte die SPD beim verunglückten Zypern-Deal? Das deutsche Publikum weiß eigentlich nur, dass die Genossen auf “russische Geldwäscher” einschlugen und eine Schließung des “Kasinos” forderten.
Doch für den zyprischen Außenminister spielten die wahlkämpfenden Sozis eine Schlüsselrolle bei der Zerschlagung des Finanzzentrums. Zitat Außenminister Kasoulides:
“They wanted to show the Germany taxpayers’ money would not be used to bailout Russian deposits, some of which they claimed was of dubious origin. This is where the game began.”
Nun ja, ob die SPD angefangen hat, ist doch fraglich. Aber kla, ist, dass die Genossen zur Verhärtung der deutschen Position beigetragen haben. Eigentlich wollten sie so Merkel und Schäuble vorführen.
Wir machen nicht mehr alles schweigend mit, wir wollen eine andere Eurorettung, war die Überlegung. Und nun? Wollen die Genossen den Zypern-Deal mittragen… Mehr zu Zypern und den Banken hier
sabine w (@HollyGoMadly)
30. März 2013 @ 15:18
“The problem, rather, lies in the extent to which the European crisis management is now being held hostage by German electoral politics. This dynamic is not new in the euro-crisis, but has reached new heights as Chancellor Angela Merkel’s main opposition, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), has identified Cyprus earlier this year as a “wedge issue” on which it could challenge her. The SPD calculation was to paint Ms. Merkel as too lenient with shady Russian oligarchs and their “black money” held in Cypriot banks, while she would presumably be prevented from responding because of a fear of destabilizing Europe’s financial system. In effect, Ms. Merkel called the SPD’s bluff by risking the euro zone’s first bank run. No wonder that placards on Nicosia’s streets carry slogans such as “Europe is for its people and not for Germany,” or that Athanasios Orphanides, until recently the governor of the Cypriot central bank and a member of the European Central Bank (ECB)’s Governing Council, complains that “some European governments are essentially taking actions that are telling citizens of other member states that they are not equal under the law.””
http://veron.typepad.com/main/2013/03/europes-cyprus-blunder-and-its-consequences.html