FDP leader Westerwelle want to rely on his party colleague, Carl-Ludwig Thiele to the board of the central bank, which is considered unsuitable. The central bank is running out of skilled workers.
On the eve of the traditional Twelfth Meeting of the FDP in Stuttgart leaving Homburger Secretary to the applause of the delegates a long list. Then the names of those who have become something in the new government. There were many names - and the list could soon be even longer. Carl-Ludwig Thiele, the financial expert of the Liberals should move according to the will of party chief Guido Westerwelle to the board of the Bundesbank.
for the venerable Federal Bank, the decision is a disaster. Its passage shows how to sacrifice the black-yellow coalition of Germany's international influence of partisan interests.
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run from the end of April, the contracts of two federal bank board members Hans-Georg Fabritius and Hans-Helmut Kotz. For the post of Fabricius, which this year reached the retirement age, the federal government has the power to propose, may decide on the vacant site of the Kotz Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg. During the coalition negotiations, is to hear Westerwelle his party colleague Thiele promised the post, which went out in filling the empty ministries. It is a high-paying job. A director at the Federal Bank deserves more as the Chancellor.
Bundesbank President Axel Weber is information on financial sources said anything but happy about the proposal. This is not surprising. Thiele is regarded as sound fiscal policy, the Bundesbank needs but experts on highly technical issues such as payments, money markets and financial market supervision with an international background. Which was not Thiele. Many decisions are now taken in international fora. Who wants to move there, send something that must be able to compete with the smart technocrat with degrees from top international universities, the U.S. or the UK. This is especially true for the key task of the central bank, the regulation of global financial markets.
It is not the first time that stand at the post award political linkages. Baden-Württemberg sent against the will of the Federal Bank recently the head of the State Chancellery, Rudolf Boemler, to the Board. Although the Berlin professionally qualified, but because of his desire to provoke as central bankers former Senator Thilo Sarrazin inappropriate to Frankfurt.
Weber urged the Chancellor so for some time to work out that play in the occupation of the Federal Bank board technical skills play a greater role - especially as the Bundesbank will also be responsible for banking supervision sein soll, die bislang in den Händen der Bafin liegt. Bislang waren die Bemühungen vergeblich. Und in der Zukunft dürfte sich daran nicht viel ändern. In Webers Umfeld sähe man es gerne, wenn für die zweite frei werdende Stelle die Amtszeit des fachlich versierten Hans-Helmut Kotz verlängert würde oder der international ebenfalls hoch angesehene Finanzstaatssekretär Jörg Asmussen nach Frankfurt geschickt würde.
Doch Asmussen ist in der SPD, und Kotz steht ihr nahe. Dass die Union über ihren Schatten springt und einen Kandidaten der Sozialdemokraten vorschlägt, gilt als unwahrscheinlich, zumal der schleswig-holsteinische Ministerpräsident Peter Harry Carstensen bei der Besetzung dem Vernehmen nach has already announced to take into account national interests. So probably comes into play Hans Reckers, which is wired well in Schleswig-Holstein. Reckers was already on the board of the Federal Reserve, but is only as fit for international offices. The hopes of the Federal Bank are therefore directed to the coming year. Since the term of office of the current Vice-President Franz-Christoph Zeitler, and it is another position to fill.
A version currently under discussion would be called to Angela Merkel's economic adviser Jens Weidmann to the board and in place of Axel Weber building, which will go to Merkel's plans for the European Central Bank, if their boss Jean-Claude Trichet to retire. Weidmann comes from the Federal Bank and is highly regarded both nationally and internationally. The catch: If Weber moves to the ECB, should the current chief economist Juergen Stark leave the office, because more than two German are in the Bank as non-communicable. Stark again, we believe in Berlin would also lay claim to the top job of the Federal Bank.
Meanwhile, the Fed go from the professionals, Weber has to take care of everything yourself - and Germany's international influence decreases. In the FDP such considerations count for little. There, one looks forward, once again to have awarded a lucrative position.
ZEIT online
# By Mark Schieritz
# Date 07/01/2010 - 18:01 clock
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