With every blunder from Chancellor Friedrich Merz, longing for the purported good, old days of Angela Merkel grows in Germany. Many miss her tone, her presence. Has Germany's Queen Mum noticed?
Oh hell no. Merkel was 16 whole years of missed opportunities and messing up the future. The very same future we‘re living in right now. The only politician I feel nostalgic about is Habeck because he was the only minister I remember who took his job seriously.
Yeah - many of those problems now have their roots in the Merkel era and Merkel & the CDU did nothing to solve them. Those ignored problems are now coming into the daylight and it’s ugly
Habeck is a missed opportunity, indeed. It wasn’t wise of the Greens to naminate Baerbock at the time. She was the weaker of the two candidates. Against the weak opponents (Scholz and Laschet) Habeck might just have had a chance.
True, but the Greens, Habeck’s party, was not exactly at peak popularity any more at that time. During the previous election cycle it looked like the Greens might eclipse the Social Democrats and the Conservatives. With a stronger overall candidate like Habeck that lead may have resulted in an election victory, but that’s pure speculation on my end tbh.
Omg for real, we could have the world leading solar industry right now, but Merkel said no…
I can’t believe Habeck didn’t make it, he was the most sympathetic and intelligent candidate we’ve had in the last 15 years. The irony is he had, by far, the best economic plan as well. And somehow we ended up with Merz instead 🤦.
Habeck and his wife translated Ted Hughes for God’s sake! What missed opportunity for Germany.
Oh hell no. Merkel was 16 whole years of missed opportunities and messing up the future. The very same future we‘re living in right now. The only politician I feel nostalgic about is Habeck because he was the only minister I remember who took his job seriously.
Yeah - many of those problems now have their roots in the Merkel era and Merkel & the CDU did nothing to solve them. Those ignored problems are now coming into the daylight and it’s ugly
Habeck is a missed opportunity, indeed. It wasn’t wise of the Greens to naminate Baerbock at the time. She was the weaker of the two candidates. Against the weak opponents (Scholz and Laschet) Habeck might just have had a chance.
idk, Merz was a weak opponent, too. He kind of coasted to victory only due to the extreme unpopularity of the Scholz coalition government.
True, but the Greens, Habeck’s party, was not exactly at peak popularity any more at that time. During the previous election cycle it looked like the Greens might eclipse the Social Democrats and the Conservatives. With a stronger overall candidate like Habeck that lead may have resulted in an election victory, but that’s pure speculation on my end tbh.
Omg for real, we could have the world leading solar industry right now, but Merkel said no…
I can’t believe Habeck didn’t make it, he was the most sympathetic and intelligent candidate we’ve had in the last 15 years. The irony is he had, by far, the best economic plan as well. And somehow we ended up with Merz instead 🤦.
Habeck and his wife translated Ted Hughes for God’s sake! What missed opportunity for Germany.