The German government has condemned an official with the country's central bank on the publication of his book on immigration issues. Bundesbank member Thilo Sarrazin's book, Germany Abolishes Itself, states that Muslim immigrants refuse to integrate and are a drain on society. In a newspaper interview about the book, he said that "all Jews share a particular gene". The Bundesbank board was to make a decision on his future later on Monday.
The German government has condemned an official with the country's central bank on the publication of his book on immigration issues.
Bundesbank member Thilo Sarrazin's book, Germany Abolishes Itself, states that Muslim immigrants refuse to integrate and are a drain on society.
In a newspaper interview about the book, he said that "all Jews share a particular gene".
The Bundesbank board was to make a decision on his future later on Monday.
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This is snark, right? Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes
Fun fact of the day: pretty much all reporting is based on the Jewish, not Muslim angle.
He took a lot of heat for his anti-Muslim statements last week. I guess Sarrazin feels he needs to raise the ante. The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
He then chose to cite unspecified academic research into the issue of "Jewish" genes, and asserted - curiously - that "a convert, if he converts through the Orthodox, he has the Jewish gene. If he doesn't convert through the Orthodox, he doesn't have the Jewish gene. As simple as that."
Germany's Bundesbank has warned that its image has been damaged by provocative comments on immigration by a member of its board but it stopped short of demanding his immediate departure.In a strongly worded statement, Germany's central bank sought to distance itself from views aired by Thilo Sarrazin, a former finance minister of the city of Berlin. Although they were Mr Sarrazin's personal views, they were reflecting increasingly on the Bundesbank, it said.The Bundesbank said it would seek talks with Mr Sarrazin, who launched his book Deutschland schafft sich ab, roughly translated Germany Eliminates Itself, in Berlin on Monday, before deciding on "further steps" - a signal that the central bank could yet try to unseat a board member for the first time.
In a strongly worded statement, Germany's central bank sought to distance itself from views aired by Thilo Sarrazin, a former finance minister of the city of Berlin. Although they were Mr Sarrazin's personal views, they were reflecting increasingly on the Bundesbank, it said.
The Bundesbank said it would seek talks with Mr Sarrazin, who launched his book Deutschland schafft sich ab, roughly translated Germany Eliminates Itself, in Berlin on Monday, before deciding on "further steps" - a signal that the central bank could yet try to unseat a board member for the first time.
