German deputies suggest to Greece to sell islands to overcome crisis
04 March 2010
Two German Deputies have today suggested that the Greek government, struggling to deal with the disastrous consequences of the crisis, sell some of its islands to pay off its debt, according to the German daily Bild.
The daily summed up the deputies' comments with the following words: "We’ll give you the money, you give us Corfu", while the article even went further with "...and sell the Acropolis as well". "
The Greek government must renounce its participation in companies and sell its landed property, such as uninhabited islands," Frank Schaffler, an expert in economics of the Liberal Democrats party, told the paper. Deputy Marco Wanderwitz from Angela Merkel's CDU was even more extreme and said that "if the European Union, and therefore Germany, helps out Greece economically, it will need to give something in exchange." "Some islands, for example, might be a solution," he added. According to the Tourism Ministry, Greek islands number 3054, of which only 87 are inhabited.
Source: ANSAmed
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