The drafting of the German magazine Der Spiegel has put his foot in it: , a photomontage with Chancellor Angela Merkel surrounded by Nazis posing in front of the Acropolis in Athens. And the title: "Germany, a higher power." Is this how Europeans see the Germans? The magazine opens the debate ...
This refers to a discord between Berlin and Athens discord addresses the issue of war reparations after the occupation of Greece by the Nazis in the 1940s The new Greek government is a point of honor to demand financial compensation. No way, say the German authorities.
The subject will be on the table Monday by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the meeting that he must have with Angela Merkel in Berlin.
In the background, there is the challenge to the ascendancy of Germany on its European partners on fiscal policy. Embodying the austerity policy in Europe, Germany crystallizes the tensions. And anti-austerity resentment is particularly strong in Greece.
The argument escalated in recent days with the release of a video in which Yanis Varoufakis address one to Germany. This goes back to 2013. Varoufakis was still minister. Today, he suggests that it is a fake and that in any case, we try to discredit him. A version that is unconvincing German public opinion ...
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