Popular Greek journalist Yiorgos Trangas has been fined for insulting German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Trangas was fined €25,000 for referring to Merkel as the “tart of Berlin” during a live radio broadcast of his radio show on Real FM.
According to Athens News, the ESR said Trangas had abused the Greek language and used obscene characterisations to refer to Merkel.
The Greek journalist often turns his attention to the economic crisis in Greece and criticises the role of the European Union over Greek fiscal policy. According to Der Spiegel, Trangas is obsessed with the “German occupiers” and the austerity measures imposed by the Troika. They quote Trangas as saying “Germany doesn’t care that 3 million pensioners are dying here,” as they then explain to their readers that “The sentence is one of his more harmless utterances on this evening.”
According to the German newspaper Trangas said: “She acts as though she were clean. But in reality, German companies have been paying bribes in Greece for years and handing out risky loans.”
The German newspaper goes on to accuse figures such as Trangas and cartoonist Stathis Stavropoulos of stirring up anti-German sentiment in Greece, typified by the recent burning of a German flag in Athens.
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