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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.
Yes. It’s the usual Spiel about some felt (and made-up) reality we’ve embarked in with social media and MAGA and a bunch of societal dynamics. It’s about feeling some way, not about addressing any real issues. And I’d like to add the trains to your argument about infrastructure. Millions of people in the urban regions rely on them, they’re electric vehicles to begin with and we don’t have to be stuck in the daily traffic jam on the beat-up roads. Would be nice if we weren’t late to work every other day and then also spend additional time on the way home. I think there’s a bunch of problems with very straightforward solutions which also help with the environment and they’re an investment in economy as well.