Na edição de hoje em inglês: «It's in Europe's Interest to Lift the Austerity Diktat»
Excertos:
SPIEGEL: You might
be Greece's prime minister the next time you come to Berlin. If that happens,
will Greece still be a member of the euro zone?
Tsipras: Of course. We'll do everything we
can so that Greece can retain the euro. We're trying to convince our European
partners that it's also in their interest to finally lift the austerity diktat.
We need policies that don't destroy the Greek economy but, rather, allow for renewed growth. (…)
SPIEGEL: Are you seriously claiming that the
reforms which Europe is demanding as a precondition for loan assistance are the
reason for Greece's miserable situation?
Tsipras: If we are once again pushed and
blackmailed into an austerity program that has so obviously failed, then it
won't be long before Greece is in fact no longer capable of paying its
creditors. (…)
SPIEGEL: If Greece ultimately exits the
euro, you will also bear some of the blame. You promised your voters the
impossible: retaining the euro while breaking Greece's agreements with the rest
of Europe. How can such a plan find success?
Tsipras: I don't see any contradiction in
that. We simply don't want the money of European citizens to vanish into a bottomless
pit. The fact that there is financial assistance is the principle of European
solidarity and a mark of being part of a community. That's good. But we think
these resources should also be put to sensible use: for investments that can
also generate prosperity. Only then will we in fact be able to pay back our
debts. (…)
SPIEGEL: Given your dependence on financial
support and your rejection of vital structural reforms -- such as that of the
public administration -- already agreed on, how do you propose doing so?
Tsipras: We're not opposed to reforms. We're
only saying what so many economists, what many German newspapers and what even
former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt are saying -- and what the OECD has now
reconfirmed in a study: The austerity policies we've been implementing for two
years -- the policy of solely relying on drastic belt-tightening -- have
failed. We now find ourselves in the fifth year of the recession. This year
too, our economy will once again contract by at least 6 percent. (…)
SPIEGEL: The most recent talks in Athens aimed at forming a government failed
because you refused to join in any coalition. At the moment, opinion polls
indicate that your Syriza alliance is running neck and neck with the
conservative Nea Dimokratia (New Democracy) party. Who would you like to
partner with after the new elections on June 17?
Tsipras: We would, of course, like to have a left-wing coalition. And we'll do
everything we can to make things add up in our favor this time.
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