Germans Are Running Short on Patience With Their Stumbling Chancellor (www.bloomberg.com)
from schizoidman@lemmy.zip to world@lemmy.world on 15 Nov 12:26
https://lemmy.zip/post/53100725

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/53100684

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When Friedrich Merz became Germany’s chancellor this year, he promised to revive a moribund economy, rebuild the nation’s neglected infrastructure and making the country relevant on the global stage again. His failure to deliver on many of these core issues has not only helped energize far-right parties like the Alternative for Germany

Merz also caused confusion at an October meeting of European Union leaders, when he incorrectly reported a trade agreement with the Mercosur bloc had been concluded. He later brushed off the mistake as a minor issue.

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Lembot_0005@lemy.lol on 15 Nov 14:29 next collapse

Too much activity? Germans would like someone more scholziey and anti-escalationy? Why not elect a dead duck? It won’t even quack.

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org on 15 Nov 15:43 collapse

Nobody said Scholz is a good politician, but at least he isn’t actively fascist.

MBech@feddit.dk on 15 Nov 14:32 next collapse

Conservatives are bad at running a country? Say it ain’t so!!!

credo@lemmy.world on 15 Nov 15:03 collapse

One has to wonder why OP has posted almost 2k posts in 4 months. All either posting only positive news for China, or negative for Western democracies.

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org on 15 Nov 15:42 next collapse

Well, the article is right about Merz. He’s a shitty little Hitler. Many of us already knew he’s incompetent before he got elected, but he made some statements, and his admin some decisions, over the past year that definitely justify invoking Godwin’s law on all of them.

I just hope we get a more leftish coalition next election. Die Linke is doing well afaics. The SPD could learn from them.

Eril@feddit.org on 16 Nov 07:57 collapse

Looking at the polls anything leftish seems highly unlikely to me (at least right now). Die Linke is doing well relative to their own results from the past, but in absolute terms they poll still only slightly above 10% and the other parties that could be part of a progressive coalition are not doing much better.

That being said, the next election is scheduled to be in 2029, so who knows what will happen until then. We can always hope! 🤷‍♂️

eezeebee@lemmy.ca on 15 Nov 18:10 next collapse
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de on 15 Nov 20:58 next collapse

They aren’t wrong in this case

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njm1314@lemmy.world on 15 Nov 23:08 collapse

Yeah! Look at him posting articles from know tankie rag Bloomberg!

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