Opinion | Germany Needs to Get Its Act Together. Under Him, It Won’t.
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Friedrich Merz, almost certain to be the country’s next chancellor, is yesterday’s man.
  • NewDay@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I mean he knows that Trump and Putin are not friends. That means he is already better than Merkel.

      • NewDay@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 days ago

        Let’s see. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) has the power to determine the coalition negotiations, as there is only one option for forming a government. We will see how much the CDU/CSU will have to bend over backwards to govern.

        • Holzbesteck@feddit.orgEnglish
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          5 days ago

          The SPD is spineless and will fall in line for anything the CDU wants. They will never fight for anything worthwhile under CDU leadership.

          • poVoq@slrpnk.netMEnglish
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            5 days ago

            The Linke tried their best to give them a better bargaining position in recent days, but it looks like the SPD couldn’t even wait beyond the first day of negotiations to backstab their voters and fall in line with the CDU position.