Nearly half of Germans view former Chancellor Angela Merkel as better suited to handle Germany's challenges than current Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Also, today is the last day of Oktoberfest in Munich. DW has the latest.
You people do realize we don’t have neither dictatorship, nor monarchy in Germany? And don’t be smart about her being the head of the party and therefore being able to tell everyone what to do. The CDU did a lot of shit even back then where Merkel was opposed to.
Oh, absolutely. But I do believe that the chancellor can’t be fully separated from their party. There has to be a certain level of agreement or the party wouldn’t put them up again next election.
By her own behavior she was relatively decent but still rooted in the CDU. And to my knowledge she didn’t really oppose her party’s spending policy much. Given that this spending policy was a gigantic exercise in shortsightedness I’d say that yes, I can factor that into my appraisal of her tenure.
You people do realize we don’t have neither dictatorship, nor monarchy in Germany? And don’t be smart about her being the head of the party and therefore being able to tell everyone what to do. The CDU did a lot of shit even back then where Merkel was opposed to.
Oh, absolutely. But I do believe that the chancellor can’t be fully separated from their party. There has to be a certain level of agreement or the party wouldn’t put them up again next election.
By her own behavior she was relatively decent but still rooted in the CDU. And to my knowledge she didn’t really oppose her party’s spending policy much. Given that this spending policy was a gigantic exercise in shortsightedness I’d say that yes, I can factor that into my appraisal of her tenure.