Portugal
Open letter to Angela Merkel
13 November 2012
Dear chancellor Merkel, We start by saying we address you only as chancellor of Germany. We did not vote for you and do not acknowledge the existence of a chancellor of Europe. We, the subscribers of this open letter, write to you as free citizens. Citizens of a country you wish to visit on the next 12th of November, as well as citizens in solidarity with all the countries attacked by austerity. Due to the character of the announced visit, those who have to struggle daily with the dire (...)
Open letter to Bundeskanzlerin Merkel
5 November 2012
Dear Ms. Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel, Regarding your coming visit to Portugal, I hereby request that you forward the following brief message to your fellow citizens: We are well aware of the fact that in the past decade, your governments told you that you would have to forfeit part of your wages in order to protect your welfare State. They told you, and you believed them, that by forfeiting a little bit of your income you would become “more competitive” and thereby your country would (...)