schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 9 days agoGermany: Chancellor Merz has never been more unpopularwww.dw.comexternal-linkmessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up1144
arrow-up1144external-linkGermany: Chancellor Merz has never been more unpopularwww.dw.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square41linkfedilink
minus-squareSapphireSphinx@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·9 days agoHe was the third choice even in his own party and I understand why.
minus-squareGameOverFlow@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·9 days 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-up21·9 days agoThe best thing Merkel ever did was box him out.
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 days 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.