Quote Originally Posted by Gilrandir View Post
Banks are private enterprises and their misdemeanors and felonies are to be punished according to the criminal law.

The politician in question committed nothing of the kind, he just blurted out some crackpot idea of his, so his punishnemt (if any) should be political, and it is to be executed by his political/party boss.
Well, here is Merkel's approval rating and that of Horst Seehofer from the Bavarian CSU (they are like the bavarian part of the CDU although technically a different party, don't ask me about specifics)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CTHVr1PWUAAhGz4.jpg