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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The SPD is not perfect but based on my short time in Germany they seemed decent. Would I prefer someone more progressive and more capable? Yes. But if you’re talking about the stop light coalition, I don’t see the SPD’s actions as blatant betrayal. It read to me, admittedly not a native German speaker/reader and who came in a year or so into their coalition, like all lost progress was entirely the fault of the FDP. They conspired against their own coalition and I personally believe they should never be elected to another public office again. They were traitors to the German public and did so with intention, disgusting behavior I hope the German public never forgets or forgives.