Germany_NP1 Must_VM Consider_VV0 How_RRQ It_PPH1 Makes_VVZ Bank_NN1 Appointments_NN2 The_AT decision_NN1 by_II Germany_NP1 's_GE central_JJ bank_NN1 to_TO request_VVI that_CST one_MC1 of_IO its_APPGE governors_NN2 be_VBI sacked_VVN after_II broadcasting_VVG racially-charged_JJ views_NN2 sets_VVZ the_AT stage_NN1 for_IF a_AT1 messy_JJ legal_JJ struggle_NN1 on_II contract_NN1 law_NN1 ,_, free_JJ speech_NN1 and_CC a_AT1 subject_NN1 many_DA2 in_II Berlin_NP1 heartily_RR wish_VV0 would_VM disappear_VVI ._. 
How_RRQ Germany_NP1 winds_VVZ down_RP this_DD1 taught_JJ scene_NN1 from_II here_RL will_VM take_VVI careful_JJ message-management_NN1 ,_, and_CC a_AT1 team_NN1 of_IO really_RR good_JJ lawyers_NN2 ._. 
Many_DA2 see_VV0 the_AT decision_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ must_VM be_VBI endorsed_VVN by_II German_JJ President_NNB Christian_NP1 Wulff_NP1 ,_, as_CSA too_RG long_RR in_II coming_VVG ._. 
Thilo_NP1 Sarrazin_NP1 's_GE ideas_NN2 on_II race_NN1 first_MD made_VVD news_NN1 last_MD year_NNT1 ,_, but_CCB he_PPHS1 provoked_VVD more_DAR of_IO an_AT1 outcry_NN1 lately_RR with_IW a_AT1 media_NN blitz_VV0 that_CST accompanied_VVD his_APPGE new_JJ book_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ advances_VVZ his_APPGE theories_NN2 on_II how_RRQ the_AT higher_JJR fertility_NN1 rate_NN1 of_IO Muslim_JJ immigrants_NN2 will_VM erode_VVI Germany_NP1 's_GE economic_JJ potential_NN1 and_CC its_APPGE collective_JJ intelligence_NN1 in_II the_AT long_JJ term_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 also_RR has_VHZ offered_VVN his_APPGE views_NN2 on_II common_JJ genetic_JJ traits_NN2 among_II Jews_NN2 ._. 
The_AT request_NN1 for_IF Mr._NNB Sarrazin_NP1 's_GE dismissal_NN1 came_VVD after_II Jean-Claude_NP1 Trichet_NP1 at_II an_AT1 ECB_NN1 press_NN1 conference_NN1 ,_, intended_VVN as_II a_AT1 forum_NN1 for_IF discussing_VVG monetary-policy_JJ aims_NN2 ,_, issued_VVD an_AT1 Olympic_JJ reprimand_NN1 when_CS asked_VVN about_II the_AT Bundesbank_NN1 board_NN1 member_NN1 's_GE theories_NN2 ._. 
Mr._NNB Trichet_NP1 said_VVD he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ "_" appalled_JJ "_" and_CC ,_, meaningfully_RR but_CCB without_IW specifics_NN2 ,_, said_VVD he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ confident_JJ that_CST the_AT German_JJ central_JJ bank_NN1 would_VM do_VDI what_DDQ 's_VBZ appropriate_JJ ._. 
That_DD1 made_VVD Germany_NP1 's_GE PR_NP1 disaster_NN1 complete_JJ ._. 
An_AT1 already_RR agitated_JJ Bundesbank_NN1 had_VHD been_VBN looking_VVG into_II sacking_VVG Mr._NNB Sarrazin_NP1 from_II its_APPGE five-member_JJ board_NN1 ._. 
The_AT hang-up_NN1 had_VHD been_VBN finding_VVG a_AT1 way_NN1 to_TO do_VDI so_RR without_IW a_AT1 thorny_JJ path_NN1 through_II Germany_NP1 's_GE labor_NN1 courts_NN2 if_CS Mr._NNB Sarrazin_NP1 contests_VVZ the_AT decision_NN1 ._. 
So_RG far_RR ,_, he_PPHS1 has_VHZ given_VVN no_AT sign_NN1 of_IO going_VVG quietly_RR ,_, insisting_VVG earlier_RRR that_CST he_PPHS1 's_VBZ done_VDN nothing_PN1 wrong_JJ and_CC is_VBZ sticking_VVG to_II his_APPGE contract_NN1 ._. 
Legal_JJ experts_NN2 attest_VV0 to_II Mr._NNB Sarrazin_NP1 having_VHG the_AT law_NN1 on_II his_APPGE side_NN1 if_CS he_PPHS1 fights_VVZ an_AT1 outright_JJ dismissal_NN1 because_CS he_PPHS1 ca_VM n't_XX be_VBI faulted_VVN for_IF his_APPGE work_NN1 at_II the_AT bank_NN1 ._. 
At_RR21 best_RR22 ,_, Mr._NNB Sarrazin_NP1 is_VBZ practicing_VVG free_JJ speech_NN1 ,_, if_CS only_RR from_II the_AT wrong_JJ pulpit_NN1 ._. 
At_RR21 worst_RR22 ,_, he_PPHS1 is_VBZ raising_VVG Germany_NP1 's_GE old_JJ ghosts_NN2 and_CC legitimizing_VVG some_DD of_IO the_AT most_RGT uncomfortable_JJ ideas_NN2 of_IO Germany_NP1 's_GE extreme-right_JJ political_JJ groups_NN2 ._. 
The_AT problem_NN1 is_VBZ Mr._NNB Sarrazin_NP1 's_GE status_NN1 as_II a_AT1 senior_JJ German_JJ official_NN1 ._. 
The_AT Bundesbank_NN1 is_VBZ the_AT crown_NN1 jewel_NN1 among_II Germany_NP1 's_GE postwar_JJ institutions_NN2 ,_, guardian_NN1 of_IO the_AT deutsche_FW mark_FW and_CC the_AT core_NN1 around_II which_DDQ the_AT ECB_NN1 was_VBDZ built_VVN ._. 
Having_VHG one_MC1 of_IO its_APPGE board_NN1 members_NN2 spinning_VVG racial_JJ theories_NN2 is_VBZ galling_JJ for_IF his_APPGE colleagues_NN2 and_CC cringe-worthy_JJ among_II Germany_NP1 's_GE political_JJ establishment_NN1 ._. 
The_AT case_NN1 is_VBZ a_AT1 new_JJ one_PN1 for_IF the_AT German_JJ central_JJ bank_NN1 ,_, but_CCB might_VM be_VBI taken_VVN as_II a_AT1 prime_JJ opportunity_NN1 to_TO recast_VVI how_RRQ the_AT institution_NN1 appoints_VVZ its_APPGE board_NN1 ._. 
Unlike_II the_AT Bank_NN1 of_IO England_NP1 ,_, for_REX21 example_REX22 ,_, appointments_NN2 to_II the_AT Bundesbank_NP1 's_GE board_NN1 are_VBR n't_XX subject_II21 to_II22 parliamentary_JJ confirmation_NN1 hearings_NN2 ._. 
The_AT executive_NN1 board_NN1 of_IO the_AT U.S._NP1 Federal_JJ Reserve_NN1 also_RR is_VBZ given_VVN congressional_JJ scrutiny_NN1 ._. 
