The German Network of Authors RND hosts a response by Gert Heller from Athens entitled “The fear of the Greeks in front of Christian Lindner”. The article notes: “And what did Wolfgang Schieble not suffer because of the harsh austerity measures for Greece: cartoonists portrayed him as a dracula, newspapers portrayed him as a SS soldier, protesters set up a symbolic gallows in Syntagma Square Athena. Christian Lindner’s successor is not treated with hatred, but with suspicion. What is not forgotten in Greece is that during the debt crisis, Lindner accused Seibel of being too lenient with the Greeks. Then, the FDP politician asked the country to leave the Eurozone. That was Seibel’s plan. But it failed because of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s objection.
Nobody talks about Grexit anymore. But Lindner will have an important say when the European Union discusses reform of the European Stability Pact in the coming months. Greece would like more flexibility in the rules for the deficit and the relaxation of the debt ceiling … Lindner, on the other hand, is in favor of a strict fiscal policy regarding the deficit and debt targets. Nor is he an advocate of Eurobonds, in other words a “debt consolidation”. The new German Minister of Finance is less pro-European and even tougher than Seibel in fiscal discipline, the Athens newspaper “Kathimerini” fears.
The article concludes: “However, Germany’s weight in the EU may be reduced in the post-Merkel era and countries such as France and Italy may gain more influence. Greece is likely to agree to this. Observers expect a “Southern alliance” from France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus and Greece to develop in the Stability Pact reform debate. The common denominator of these countries is not only their geographical location in southern Europe. It’s also the six EU countries with the highest debt levels. “
Troubled justice in Turkey
The Süddeutsche Zeitung refers to justice in Turkey on the occasion of the Kavala case and its detention for four years without a court decision and writes: “This says it all about Turkish justice. Prosecutors accuse Kavala of staging protests in Gezi Park in 2013, the first uprising against incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Kavala has been detained without a court decision for four years. This alone refutes any claim to a rule of law. The whole indictment appears to have been fabricated in such a way that the European Court of Human Rights had already requested his release in 2019. Turkey, as a member of the Council of Europe, is bound by the court rulings, but does not care. Instead, the indictment states that the mastermind of civilization is a spy. Ankara is now threatened with blockade. Founding member Turkey could be expelled from the Council of Europe, but a two-thirds majority is required. And there are several influential states in the Council of Europe that could throw citizens in jail for political reasons and therefore protect Ankara. Russia, for example. “
The policeman Charitos …
Finally, in the cultural pages of the same newspaper, a small reference to the new book by Petros Markaris. The Süddeutsche Zeitung notes: “What Camilleri’s policeman Montalbano is for Sicily is Costas Charitos for the homicide department in Athens. Its creator Petros Markaris writes wonderfully. With each new novel by Charitos, you better understand today’s Greece. The latest case concerns a dead, wealthy Saudis, left-wing protesters and other people’s money. Petros Markaris: Murder is money. Diogenes Publishing House. 310 pages, 24 euros “.
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