Manuel Valls confirmed and signed. The prime minister said Tuesday, Sept. 23, in Germany and in German, his statement very commentary in France – “I love the business” – in a speech where he tried to rectify the image of France “sick man “Europe.
” Ich mag die Unternehmen ” (“I love business”), he has launched the platform, triggering applause from the German industrial audience gathered in Berlin for the annual convention of their powerful federation BDI.
“I told you my French counterparts confidence in the company I said, well, my conviction. it is with businesses that we will win in France, Germany and Europe, the Battle of growth and employment. “
In the second and final day of his first official visit to Germany, Manuel Valls also harnessed to correct the image of” sick man “of the France has the EU economy with a large part of the Germans, denouncing “cartoons and idealized images” made by him about the French economy.
“I look at my country lucidly “
” I know that these days there is much talk in Germany, France. statements I listen carefully. I read your press. I know there are home this expression that France refuses to reform. And this idea, which in turn, France would be sick. I look at my country clearly. I know blockages, conservatism, “he has said.
” But if Germany was able to reform successfully, why France could it not also succeed I need regular. Of course, it takes time. But when the will is there, when the directions are clear, when the whole country is mobilized, then there is no reason why things are not moving. Yes, France advance. She starts moving. And I want to take this opportunity to me to make the demonstration in front of you, “said the head of the French government.
” You see, France is reform, “-t he said, listing the reforms or planned in France. Prime Minister must also soon unveil a social agenda, according to his entourage.
Europe “needs Germany “
Manuel Valls also said that Europe” needs Germany “to restart the economy, while recognizing that this idea was” not yet fully shared . “
” We need Germany to promote a change in the economic situation in the euro area, “he said in a speech to a German industrial floor.
“I know that this idea is not yet fully shared, but I see it caught on and things started to happen,” said he added.
Manuel Valls is demonstrated by such recent comments by the president of the European Central Bank (ECB) Mario Draghi, who called for policies of demand in the monetary union.
Angela Merkel hostile to any stimulus
For the moment, including Monday, Sept. 22, during a meeting at the chancellery, Angela Merkel turned a deaf ear, even while in Germany there are voices calling for the German government more public investment and higher wages.
“I know you have a debate in Germany on the issue of revival of investment,” said Manuel Valls. “But I just think that when you have demonstrated need, and when the fiscal situation permits spending, then you have to know to invest,” said he added.
But “I will not ask Germany never resolve the problems of France, “he said, responding directly to the host of the event, the President of the Federation of German Industry BDI Ulrich Grillo. He had said before welcoming the Socialist Prime Minister: “Germany is not responsible for the problems of France and Germany did not aim to solve these problems,”
. Valls excludes any wage moderation
Prime Minister also said that a strong wage moderation was “neither possible nor desirable” in France.
He was responding to those who would like to see France reforming its labor market as did Europe’s largest economy in the early 2000s reforms by former Social Democratic Chancellor Gerhard Schröder including severely dampened wage dynamics.
“Germany 2000 and France today are different in several respects,” said Manuel Valls, citing . “mode wage bargaining”, “low inflation” and “the very high prices of real estate” in France as main differences
“Finally, external demand is low – so it was dynamic in the 2000s – and therefore can not take over our domestic demand, “continued Manuel Valls
(With AFP)
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