schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months agoGermany: Chancellor Merz has never been more unpopularwww.dw.comexternal-linkmessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down12
arrow-up1142arrow-down1external-linkGermany: Chancellor Merz has never been more unpopularwww.dw.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square40linkfedilink
minus-squareSapphireSphinx@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down1·2 months agoHe was the third choice even in his own party and I understand why.
minus-squareGameOverFlow@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·2 months agoThey didn’t even elect him chancellor in the first round; I think that was a first in German history. None of his fellow politicians like him. The only ones who vote for him do so only because he holds power, not because they like him.
minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 months agoThe best thing Merkel ever did was box him out.
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoAnd only elected as chancelor in the second round, which as far as I know was a first, so he’s got that going for himself.
He was the third choice even in his own party and I understand why.
They didn’t even elect him chancellor in the first round; I think that was a first in German history. None of his fellow politicians like him. The only ones who vote for him do so only because he holds power, not because they like him.
Yep.
The best thing Merkel ever did was box him out.
And only elected as chancelor in the second round, which as far as I know was a first, so he’s got that going for himself.