We Say No
The Party Chair of the party DIE LINKE, Katja Kipping, declares to the agreement between the conservative-liberal government, social democrats, and greens on the adoption of the fiscal pact:
The agreement between social democrats, greens and conservative-liberals does not solve the basic problems of the fiscal pact. The cutbacks in wages, pensions, and social services are thus carved in marmor. Whereas to questions of promoting growth and financial market regulation there are mere non-binding declarations of intent. The fiscal pact is and and will remain the coffin nail for the European idea. A real participation of those profiting from and causing the crisis of the financial markets is not intended. Without a drastic taxation of high incomes and wealth there is no possible way out of this crisis. Without a just allocation of the load the fiscal pact only means cuts in social services.
DIE LINKE as single faction in the Bundestag will unanimously vote against the fiscal pact. We cannot approve of a law, that permanently restricts the life chances of workers, pensionists and unemployed. We cannot say Yes to a law constraining core democratic parliamentary rights. We will decisively fight against passing the burden of the European economic and banking crisis to the citizens. We hope many parliamentarians of other factions will find the courage to say No, too. We will file a suit at the Federal Constitutional Court and request an urgent decision to stop this over hasty ratification, if a majority in Bundestag and Bundesrat adopts fiscal pact and the European Stability Mechanism (ESM).