German minister tells Greece to leave eurozone

German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich said on Saturday that Greece should exit the eurozone for its own good. The statement is the first from any member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government saying Greece should leave the eurozone and return to its previous currency, the drachma.

“I’m not talking about kicking Greece out, but instead about creating incentives for it to leave, that it couldn’t refuse,” Friedrich said.

Last February, Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry wrote: “Germany will use this crisis to force Europe to unite more tightly. In the process, some eurozone countries will be forced out of the union. When that happens, the pundits will say European unification is dead, that the European Union has failed. Don’t listen to them!”

Analysts expect Germany’s parliament to approve a second bailout for Greece in a vote on Monday, but Friedrich’s statement may be a step in the direction of Berlin muscling Greece into Europe’s outer court.