Bitter Pill for Friedrich Merz: His Own Statement Falls on His Feet
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The Federal Chancellor extends his vacation and is directly criticised: didn't Friedrich Merz want everyone to work more? Oh, what, he's all about more. Much more.
In Germany it burns, the Rhine falls to low altitude, at Leipzig airport a drone triggers alarm. But Friedrich Merz remains absent – and is becoming the subject of this very topic.
Dramatic forest fires rag in NRW, while Merz is on summer vacation, and he had condemned the same behaviour in the past.
Dry rivers, heat waves, forest fires – for a chancellor this would be the perfect moment to show presence. Rubber boots on, sandbags on! But why would Merz prefer to spend a week in the back? Our author has a guess For chancellors: there is actually nothing better than natural disasters inside. That should not sound cynical-clear now, but nowhere can it be done and the so popular shirt sleeve is better than when visiting a crisis area.
Germany's chancellor likes to make the rest of the republic work more, and he sees it a little different for himself.
Hardly anyone demands as persistently more work as Friedrich Merz. Now he is in a long time out, while forests are burning.
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