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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has been growing increasingly critical of the European Union.
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His tone marks a notable shift compared to his more EU-friendly predecessor.
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Meanwhile, Merz has been building a relationship with EU-critical U.S. President Donald Trump.
The historically EU-friendly Merz, a former member of the European Parliament, now has a long list of complaints about the bloc. This has included objections to an increase in the EU’s new long-term budget that was proposed last month, as well as calling the bloc out for sluggishness and complex bureaucracy. Germany was also among the louder critics of the EU-U.S. trade agreement.
Merz sucks, the conservatives suck, and I hope Germany can survive this corporate illness long enough to vote in people who care about improving Germany and the world. The CDU will worsen this country until the AFD win unless the people push back at every level.
We can have a better life in Germany, if we don’t vote for the defenders of the rich and wealthy.
Germany? Cozying up to genocidal fascist freaks? Shocked!
Anyway, there is no saving that wretched place, death and misery are the only thing they are able to envision it seems.
For fuck’s sake, what fucking happened to “let’s be more independent of the US”, you 1 fucking Pimmel?
You did not really believe a single word that Merz said? I’d not even ask him for the time.
Hope springs eternal.
First, European countries are vassal states, and second, our politicians probably want the same thing Trump has now: absolute power unfettered by other branches of the state power.
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Oh boy oh boy I get to ride the green-white partybus!
Are they still green/white where you live? Ours have been blue/silver for quite some time now.
Idk, I’m a law-abiding citizen, my references are just at least 100 years old and from my Sturm und Drang time.
The “Grüne Minna” might indeed be a hundred years by now, but for Hauptmann’s (and the better parts of German literature’s) sake get an idea about Sturm&Drang. You’d really miss something you’d prefer to know. Or maybe it’s just me refusing to let my belief in culture and humanity go…
I … don’t follow…? What did I say?
You put the “green white party bus” somewhere 100 years ago. Which is technically wrong, because white green “Manschaftswagen” were not in use before the 1970s. Green transporters for arrested subjects AKA “Grüne Minna”, however, were a thing in the 1920s. Maybe the expression “Grüne Minna” even existed during the Sturm&Drang period which was mid 18th century, which I doubt. Nevertheless both times are about 200 years apart and positioning the Sturm&Drang “at least 100 years” in the past is technically correct. In the same way that WWII was at least 10min ago. Putting white-.green Volkswagen minivans into the Sturm und Drang, though, is nothing one should do in public.
Merz personally was the reason I voted Greens. Cunt.
That’s a bit extreme, IMO. Commiting suicide, mass murder, joining a death cult, ok. But voting green? Never. Seriously, you could vote FDP as well, if you’ve got a faible for liars, traitors, opportunists, antisocial politics and open corruption. That at least has some taditional value and the FDP is some sort of constant and controlled factor of corruption and criminal intentions. That’s OK if you accept that no society will ever exist without self-destructive elements. But green? Why? Because they’re too incompetent to cause real damage? These days are over.
Voting for “die linke” is the only right Thing imo. But Green is way better then cdu afd FDP bsw or even SPD… But Tell US what you would vote
No, I won’t. Even if it’s not too far from your idea, I am not going to publish my vote on the internet because somebody there told me to. Nor should anyone else in their right mind.
no one cares, mate. XD thinks he’s hiding the Ark of the Covenant over here.
@Nico_198X nah, you just have not understood what self-determination is. Nor why secret votes are important.
lol sure mate. that’s totally it.
Go get fucked.
Why not?
Because you’re a bunch of fucking assholes I’d not even tell the time as these downvotes show.
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Well, as a former(?) BlackRock lobbyist, you have to keep the transatlantic channel open. 🤷♂️
Its so damn transparent too. Everything he does is just corrupt to the core. Exactly the kind of politician fascists love to use, because nothing helps them more than a leader with no spine.
Wow… Imagine a German Chancellor complaining about buraucracy in the EU…
That reminds me i need to make an appointment to go into to an office to file paperwork to change my address instead of just updating it online like a normal fucking country…
Yeah, the irony is palpable.
I myself need to make an appointment to see if they will let me sign up for an unrelated appointment…
You actually can do that online. Did so myself some month ago.
As registration is managed on a local level, this entirely depends on where you (are going to) live.
True. But it is available in quite a lot of places. In some states even all local agencies managed to switch to the federal service.
If you are living in eastern Germany though, you are most likely out of luck. It’s… quite barren over there in that regard.
Aparrently its only available for German citizens, or maybe EU citizens depending on the region… So not helpful for me
Remember when people thought Merz was to stand in for Ukraine, because he had made many claims towards that during his campaign?
Yeah…
Why should Merz stand in for Ukraine? He should stand in for Germany first, the EU second and anybody other than that a far distant third.
It is in Germany’s security interest to keep Russian as a mayor military power as far away as possible. It is also in Germany’s interest to build a rules based international order, where wars of aggression are punished, although Germany’s hypocrisy around the US and especially around Israel is undermining that independently of Ukraine/Russia.
Bullshit.
no, he’s precisely right. you, on the other hand, said nothing of substance.
It is in Germany’s security interest to keep Russian as a mayor military power as far away as possible
In times of Hypersonic missiles, ICBMs and fast transport aircraft distance is not a good shield. Germany must be able to defend itself, and it must reach that point FAST. I, personally, would not put too much trust in any ally willing to fight for germany - in this way i absolutely agree with de Gaulle who wanted a France that can stand up for itself - we need this for germany. Okay, it may be advantageous to let the Ukrainians bleed Russia a bit, but this is no guarantee for our national security.
It is also in Germany’s interest to build a rules based international order, where wars of aggression are punished
The “rules based international order” is dead since Bush invaded Iraq. We are now back in a situation more reminiscent to the time before the first world war, where shaky international support treaties and the age old concept of “might makes right” defines who rules what part of the world. We may not like it, but it is a fact… the faster we accept that, the better.
We may not like it, but it is a fact… the faster we accept that, the better.
What does it mean to accept that? Try to get in good standing with them? Make agreements and treaties that they will ignore to their liking? Let them and everyone do what they want, and not demand or voice own views and values?
Trying to keep a rules based international order is all we have left. Even if it does not always apply in practice, it’s better than not having it.
What does it mean to accept that?
To prepare to turn any major city of an attacker into glass if it dares to attack - and to do this alone without reliance on some foreign power. So, to go the french route.
“As far away as possible” in this context also means in terms of capabilities. Every missile fired at Ukraine, every Russian soldier fallen, is one that is not available to attack Europe. So yes in that sense Ukraine is doing our “Drecksarbeit” or dirty business as Merz said himself.
Brief reminder of operation Spiderweb. That action alone secured more long term safety of countries further away.
