> > By the way, the leader of the opposition in the German federal parliament > > did a good job in today's debate on the Greek debt interim agreement. He > > confronted Schaeuble and the neoliberal German coalition government of > > Conservatives and Social Democrats with the disastrous results of their > > policy within the last decade and he stated the support of the German > > Left Party for Syriza's policy as an impetus for a social renewal of Europe. > > [...] > > Gregor Gysi's (German Left Party, leader of the opposition) speech in > > response > > to Schaeuble's speech on the debt agreement: > > http://dbtg.tv/fvid/4664842 > > > > This sounds very interesting. Is there an English transcript or commentary > available? > -raghu.
I suppose there is no English translation available. The Guardian has the main points of the debate here: http://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2015/feb/27/greek-bailout-german-mps-vote-bailout-extension-live-updates For the German transcript of Gysi's speech see the web site of the parliamentary group: http://www.linksfraktion.de/reden/chance-neuanfang-griechenland-chance-europa/ On the Left Party's international pages http://en.die-linke.de/die-linke/welcome/ there is a press release dated Feb 24, 2015 summarizing his argument: Greece Offers Alternative to Logic of Austerity and Impoverishment http://en.die-linke.de/nc/news/selected-news/detail/zurueck/selected-news/artikel/greece-offers-alternative-to-logic-of-austerity-and-impoverishment/ This stands in contrast to a commentary published by "the only authentic voice of the international working class and socialism": German Left Party votes for austerity measures in Greece http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/02/26/link-f26.html Fortunately, the socialist Left is not dependent on Pythia. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
