Manuel Valls, seduction operation in Germany – The Point

Manuel Valls, seduction operation in Germany – The Point

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The French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, said Tuesday in Berlin 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,” the Prime Minister said in a speech to a German industrial floor, the second day of his first official visit to Germany.

“I know that this idea is not yet fully shared, but I see it caught on and things started to happen.” 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. For now, including Monday at a meeting in 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 .

“The problems of France”

“I know you have a debate in Germany on the issue of revival of investment,” said Manuel Valls. “I just think that when you have demonstrated need and when the fiscal situation permits spending, so be aware invest.” But “I would never ask Germany to solve 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.”

However, the BDI is in agreement with Paris on the need to invest, also public funds to support the European economy. Speaking before Manuel Valls, Merkel, however, preferred to talk about the possibilities of stimulating private investment and stressed the need for his country to balance its budget, given the demographic challenges it faces. Through a comprehensive and highly acclaimed projects of his government presentation, Manuel Valls wanted to show that “France forward” and stressed his desire to carry out its program.

But “I will never accept being told what I should do, “he insisted. The Prime Minister said it was “impossible” for the country to achieve by next year 50 billion euros in savings it would take to enter the limits of the stability pact and growth. “It’s impossible not politically, not socially, but technically,” he has argued.

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