Cerca de 50 empresas alemãs e francesas (como a Siemens, BMW, Deutsche Bank, ThyssenKrupp, EON, Daimler, Vivendi e Total) lançaram uma campanha publicitária nos principais jornais alemães esta terça-feira advogando que o euro é necessário e procurando assim que os contribuintes alemães vejam além dos custos dos apoios aos países em dificuldades. Segundo estas empresas, responsáveis, no seu conjunto, por mais de 5 milhões de postos de trabalho em todo o mundo desde a introdução do euro foram, por exemplo, criados mais 9 milhões de postos de trabalho na zona euro.
Eis algumas afirmações associadas à referida campanha recolhidas junto do The Local (sítio alemão de notícias financeiras em inglês):
“The euro symbolises the Europe of today. A collapse of the euro would be fatal step backward for Europe. (…) We have to convince our fellow citizens of this. (…) Suggestions such as the exit of peripheral members or the breakup of the community into a northern and southern union are the wrong approach. They would have consequences that are barely imaginable today. Such populist solutions are not appropriate for the seriousness of the situation. (…)
“In order to prevent in future a crisis such as the one we’re now going through, we have to strengthen the originally agreed stability pact and guarantee adherence to it. (…) Indeed, sanctions must take effect as early and as effectively as possible. Furthermore, member states must co-ordinate their economic and fiscal policies more closely than before and speak publicly with one voice. (…)
The common currency needs constant solid state finances, clear regulations governing adherence to the stability pact, transparent structures and fair standards for competition. Only this way will the euro emerge stronger from the debt crisis. There is no serious alternative to the common currency
