Montebourg puts Merkel (and Holland) challenged
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"We can not allow ourselves to do," "France is not intended to match the ideological axioms of German right" protested the minister in an interview with World.
Arnaud Montebourg like to put the foot down. The economy minister has yet demonstrated this Saturday in an interview with daily Le Monde . After the regulated professions, he attacked the Germans, or at least some of them. "You have to raise your voice. Germany is trapped in the austéritaire policy it imposed on Europe. When I say Germany, I mean the German right supporting Angela Merkel . France not intended to match the ideological axioms of the German right. I can only thank Sigmar Gabriel, my counterpart at the socialist economy, which grows in the same direction as us. "
This tribute, he said that France must give voice: "We can not allow ourselves to do." This martial speech comes after the estoppel imposed by Berlin's call Hollande to a more pro-growth German politics. "The very general statements from Paris provide no reason for any adjustments in economic policy," replied August 6 a spokesman of the German government.
But the end of inadmissibility had brought Francois Hollande to a more conciliatory speech. Last Wednesday, the head of state had assured not want to "face to face" with Berlin. He leaves the role of the "bad boy" to his Minister of Economy or it plays he's going to war without the authorization of the president? Difficult to decide.
Out with the ECB under German control
In any case, his attack is especially hard. Without the quote this time, he also attacked Germany guilty in his eyes clamp the ECB: "Today, unfortunately, the inflation hawks fighting inflation when it disappears forgetting to fight Essentially, mass unemployment, are over-represented at the European Central Bank. "
Chief among these "hawks" are the Germans, who have historically viewed the role of the ECB should be limited to curb inflation, and its opposition to the idea that it can buy government bonds, which would finance almost directly across countries.
Arnaud Montebourg assure "the ECB must shift gears and begin to do what all central banks of the world, including countries that were able to restore growth, namely purchase of public debt." He adds: "We have two problems. European fiscal policy, with the accumulation of austerity plans in all EU countries, and monetary policy excessively locked Lessons 1930 should make us understand it is unemployment that causes hardening and rising violence in European societies. "