Friedrich Merz and the looming “business as usual”: Chancellor Merkel 3.0
Less than two days after the election, Friedrich Merz is showing signs of indecision. Does he want to reconvene the old Bundestag or not? A commentary.
From a tactical point of view, credit-financed money creation with the help of the two-thirds majority of the old Bundestag, whether in the form of an end to the debt brake or a special fund, would not be unwise for Friedrich Merz. The future Chancellor himself does not believe in the pretext of such financing, namely that Putin will attack NATO with his battered army. Nor is it decisive. The debt-financed assets give him bargaining power for coalition talks. At the same time, he signals to the allies (in contrast to Olaf Scholz ) his readiness to defend himself, his solidity and reliability.
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