Germany's Central Bank has initiated proceedings to remove one of its board members, Thilo Sarrazin, for controversial remarks he made on race and immigration. Executive board members of the German Central Bank on Thursday agreed to file a request for the removal of one of its board members, Thilo Sarrazin, following controversial remarks he made on race and immigration in interviews and in a new book released earlier this week.The decision comes after mounting political pressure to drop the contentious banker and limit damage to the country's reputation. "The board of the German Central Bank today decided unanimously to ask the president of the republic to dismiss Dr. Thilo Sarrazin as a member of the board," the bank said in a statement. Jean-Claude Trichet, head of the European Central Bank, also said on Thursday that he was "appalled" by Sarrazin's comments.
Executive board members of the German Central Bank on Thursday agreed to file a request for the removal of one of its board members, Thilo Sarrazin, following controversial remarks he made on race and immigration in interviews and in a new book released earlier this week.The decision comes after mounting political pressure to drop the contentious banker and limit damage to the country's reputation.
"The board of the German Central Bank today decided unanimously to ask the president of the republic to dismiss Dr. Thilo Sarrazin as a member of the board," the bank said in a statement.
Jean-Claude Trichet, head of the European Central Bank, also said on Thursday that he was "appalled" by Sarrazin's comments.
If only he could take Axel Weber down with him, his views would not be in vain. "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaďs Nin
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("Solid triangles represent Jewish populations, solid squares represent Middle Eastern populations, and open circles represent all other populations.")
Note that all this is about DNA, not mtDNA which is a completely different story.
Thanks for the references.
I have always presumed the wild surmise that if you saw some ethnic group who, when they got suntans, ended up looking like another ethnic group who now inhabited the area the first lot left 2000 years ago, there might be a familial connection somewhere along the line. keep to the Fen Causeway
