Thilo Sarrazin har pådratt seg enorm vrede hos eliten som styrer Tyskland med sine frittalende uttalelser om den reelle tilstanden i landet. Sarrazin har påpekt at en voksende tyrkisk befolkning er noe helt annet enn feks. den jødiske, med sin store kreativitet.
Det later til at Sarrazin har truffet eliten på dens ømmeste punkt: jødene ble sendt i ovnene og nå forbyr politisk korrekthet å kritisere en etnisk gruppe som ikke vil la seg integrere og tilfører lite økonomisk. Sarrazin har våget å si at dette ikke er en bærekraftig utvikling. Samtidig har han sagt at Tyskland aldri vil komme over tapet av jødene. Helt konkret: Berlin blir aldri den samme, og kommer aldri over tapet av 160.000 jøder.
Dette utlegges som antisemittisme.
Nå ber sjefen for Sentralbanken den tyske presidenten om å avskjedige Sarrazin fra styret for banken. Angela Merkel var den som foreslo at Sarrazin skulle sparkes. Det tyder på politisk blindhet. Sarrazin er enormt populær på grasrota. Hvis han sparkes vil det illustrere den store kløften mellom elite og folk, som nå går over hele Europa. Det er ikke bra for demokratiet.
Germany’s Bundesbank says it will ask Christian Wulff, the country’s president, to dismiss Thilo Sarrazin, a board member who caused outrage by saying Jews shared “a certain gene” and Muslims were unwilling to fit into German society.
The unprecedented step by the German central bank was meant to demonstrate the resolve of its head, Axel Weber, whose authority is under scrutiny as he and the German government pursue a behind-the-scenes campaign to make him the next president of the European Central Bank.
Pressure on the fiercely independent Bundesbank to take action has risen since Sunday when Angela Merkel, the chancellor, urged the Frankfurt-based institution to discuss Mr Sarrazin’s statements, made during a public relations drive before the launch of a book on immigration.
In a terse statement after three days of deliberation, Mr Sarrazin’s five colleagues on the Bundesbank board said their unanimous decision to seek his dismissal was “fully supported” by the bank’s corporate governance expert.
The central bank distanced itself from Mr Sarrazin on Monday and suggested that he had broken its code of ethics and public trust by “damaging the image of the Bundesbank”.
The German president’s office said Mr Wulff – who had publicly reminded the Bundesbank that Germany’s reputation was at stake – would review the central bank’s request and not comment on the matter until he reached a decision.
Ms Merkel, the first person to suggest grounds for dismissal by arguing that Mr Sarrazin’s comments damaged the central bank’s reputation, said through a spokesman that she had “taken note of the Bundesbank’s independent decision with great respect”.
But government officials also conceded that Mr Weber’s decision was not without its risks. Although a case could be made for Mr Sarrazin damaging the Bundesbank’s reputation, some legal experts held that his failings were insufficient to justify sacking him, one said.