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The current german government’s EU policy has been a total failure.....

EU leaders are avoiding German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who either sits silent or tries to lecture them, his main political rival Friedrich Merz has claimed.

Merz, who heads the country’s largest opposition party, the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and will be its candidate for chancellor in the next election, launched an attack on Scholz in his MerzMail newsletter on Sunday.

The current German government’s EU policy has been a “total failure,”resulting in the chancellor being politically isolated in the bloc, he wrote.

“Regrettably, it should be said so: the majority of European politicians simply do not want to meet anymore the German Chancellor, who either sits silent for hours or lectures the world,” the CDU’s head stressed.

The latest example of Scholz’s isolation was the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Poland this week, during which the two NATO allies discussed policy with regards to Ukraine, he said. “The German Chancellor was not present again,” Merz noted.

According to the opposition leader, Scholz had been invited to the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral earlier this month, which had been attended by Macron, US President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, “but he apparently had no desire to travel to Paris.”

“The demonstrative lack of interest” in EU policy by Scholz’s government is harmful for Germany as it is becoming a more and more serious obstacle to Berlin’s relations with its neighbors, he warned.

Germany is potentially heading into a snap election early next year after the collapse of the ruling ‘traffic light’ coalition between Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the Greens. According to multiple media outlets, the election could take place as early as February 23 if Scholz’s now-minority cabinet loses a confidence vote on Monday.

Merz has been a proponent of an increasingly tougher stance on Moscow, saying, among other things, that if he is elected, he will allow Ukraine to use German-supplied weapons for strikes deep into Russia.

Despite Berlin being the second-largest supplier of arms to Kiev after Washington under Scholz, the chancellor has repeatedly ruled out the delivery of his country’s long-range Taurus missiles. “Be careful! You do not play Russian roulette with Germany’s security,” he said last month.

READ MORE: Talking to Putin is ‘frustrating’ – Scholz

After Kiev used US-made ATACMS missiles to strike Russia’s internationally recognized territory for the first time in November, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that Moscow reserves the right “to use our weapons against the military facilities of those countries that allow the use of their weapons against our facilities.”

https://www.rt.com/news/609378-scholz-merz-germany-eu/

 

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PLEASE DO NOT BLAME RUSSIA IF WW3 STARTS. BLAME YOURSELF.

 

 

no confidence....

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in parliament on Monday, paving the way for snap elections early next year. The outcome was expected after Scholz’s government coalition collapsed in November over a budget dispute.

A total of 394 ballots were cast against Scholz, with 207 in his favor and 116 abstentions.

Scholz, who will lead his Social Democratic Party (SPD) into the February election, reportedly smiled when the result was announced and shook the hand of Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck.

Scholz has led the German government since December 2021, heading the so-called ‘traffic light’ coalition with the Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP). The coalition disintegrated last month, however, after Scholz dismissed his finance minister, Christian Lindner, over disagreements on economic and financial policies.

The chancellor called the vote of confidence shortly thereafter as a step toward securing early elections, which were originally scheduled for the fall of 2025. He is now expected to ask German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to dissolve parliament and allow a general election. The new date is already set for February 23.

The SPD and Greens have remained as a de facto minority government, and will continue in this role until a new Bundestag is formed. However, they do not have the parliamentary majority needed to pass laws.

Scholz’s main political rival, Friedrich Merz, who heads the country’s largest opposition party, the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and will be its candidate for chancellor in the next election, welcomed the result and accused Scholz of weak leadership. “It is embarrassing how you acted in the European Union,” Merz reportedly said.

Scholz has seen his popularity slide, with polls showing a majority of Germans dissatisfied with his performance as chancellor, prompting some media outlets to brand him the “most unpopular chancellor of all time.” 

Germany’s economy has been shrinking over the past two years. On Friday, the country’s central bank slashed its growth forecast for next year to 0.2%, from the 1.1% it had predicted in June, citing further economic stagnation. The regulator said it now expects the economy to contract by 0.2% this year, having previously predicted modest growth of 0.3%.

This would mark a second consecutive year of decline, after GDP shrank by 0.3% in 2023. Last year’s contraction was attributed to persistent inflation, high energy prices, and weak foreign demand.

In the past, German chancellors and their parties have used confidence votes to strengthen their position in an election. The latest national opinion polls put support for the CDU/CSU at 32%, Alternative for Germany (AfD) at 18%, SPD at 16%, and the Greens with 14%.

https://www.rt.com/news/609450-germany-scholz-confidence-vote/

 

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         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

 

PLEASE DO NOT BLAME RUSSIA IF WW3 STARTS. BLAME YOURSELF.

trouble ahead....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzJYaTlOu1w

GAME OVER: Germany's Shocking Collapse Signals More Trouble Ahead for the EU

 

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YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT.

 

         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

 

HYPOCRISY ISN’T ONE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS SINS.

HENCE ITS POPULARITY IN THE ABRAHAMIC TRADITIONS…

 

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