‘Greece’s economic indicators are better than Germany’s’

"I've never been more angry than at the way the Greek crisis was covered by the German media. It was so cheap. Imagine if foreign media covered Germany in the same way. That wasn't journalism, it was filth. Pure incitement of hatred. 'Sell your islands' might sound like an attractive headline, but it's sheer propaganda. I said it back then to top German politicians, men as well as women, and I can't understand why they participated, at the beginning of the crisis, in creating this atmosphere," says Peter Limbourg, director general of Deutsche Welle (DW). "Did you also tell Angela Merkel and Wolfgang Schaeuble?" I ask. He doesn't want to answer, but smiles enigmatically. "Politicians sometimes don't understand how much damage they do with a catchy statement in Bild. I find it disgraceful. Germany, in particular, should think twice about the consequences of its actions. We need to...