Germany needs an organ. In Friedrich Merz, he gets a chancellor whose instincts are to share Chris Reiter and Will Will Wilkes star-news.press/wp

A A few weeks before the federal choice of Germany at the end of February, Friedrich Merz was forced to move after the bold gambit moved to evil. His attempt to conquer votes forcing on strong breaking migration, he made a rebellion in his Christian Democratic Party (CDU). Instead of positioning himself as a strong leader, he undermined the entire German political place.

The Merz strategy included breaking the taboos by relying on the far right nationalists to bring legislation in German postwar history for the first time. The shift has broken a normal consensus centers that worsened the countries in the Bundestag, caused mass protests and led to a Rare public rebel From the former office and leader of the CDU Angela Merkel.

Despite the background, Merz was stuck on a trademark and refused to retreat from the placement of disturbingly precedent. Its just his Noded to regret He admitted that they would like to see a different result. This is a man who takes the reins in the central power of Europe, and the continent has concern.

The 69-year-old conservative will swear as Chancellor 6. Maya, at the time of deep computation for Germany. Postwar promise Prosperity for all (Prosperity for all) slides, with a hue inequality and Fifth nemam faced with poverty or social excluded. Beneficiaries requested by East-West, new fractures have shared secure professionals from an unsafe working class, old from young people, urban from rural, homeowners from renters. Roads and railways are falling apart, digital infrastructure stands behind time, and the education system is struggling to equip the reducing labor force for the requirements of evolutionary economies.

The country’s industrial base is wrapped under high energy costs, outdated technology and suffocation of bureaucracy. Sometimes dominant car manufacturers accumulate, caught between their own hubris and a growing competition from China. Donald Trump Trafficking has turned dependence on economics on exports to huge vulnerability, while Vladimir Putin’s aggression forces Germany to oppose threatening threats of war.

Against this background, Anti-Europe, Pro-European alternative to Germany (AFD) Drawn level With the MERZ block on the surveys, breaking the comforting illusion that the German past was isolated from the siren calls for nationalist populism. The domestic intelligence agency of Germany last week marked AFD, which is now the largest opposition party, “confirmed extreme extremists”.

Faced with these challenges, Germany needs a manier that can gather a divided nation with a vision and purpose. But instead of figures like John F Kennedy, who motivated us Moonlight plansGets the operator closer to David Cameron. Merz’s migration account finds an echo in the fate of a former urban cube for the former Prime Minister Great Britain. And politicians tried to take advantage of nationalist, populist causes and lost control. The difference is that Merz still has time to change the course, although his record offers little reason for optimism.

In the weeks of conquering choices, the incoming chancellor went wild back and back. After fluctting with AFD in the migration punch, he took a stronger line against post-election cooperation with the ultimate right and offered concessions to win social democrats for the ruling coalition.

After a campaign on fiscal restraint, Merz accelerated debt financing rapidly accelerating the constitutional reforms with the Social Democrats and greenery to unlock hundreds of billion euros and infrastructure. Although changes in the restrictive length of debt were due long and cheered by European allies, a sudden move was observed with skepticism at home and contributed to the pressure of conservative ally, which Merz gave too much soil to left Democrats. He replied promises for consumer gripmainly to the detriment of the most vulnerable groups of Germany.

Trained as a corporate lawyer, Merz never leads the state, the Ministry or even the District Council. Known for being a petulant and prickly, he gave up on politics after Merkel blocked his way to power, just returning to understand his opportunity in vacuum. But even then, he took him Three attempts To ensure CDU leadership.

Instead of building bridges, Merz was often expanded by divisions. 2000. year, when driving with Merkel to control Christian Democrats, proposed the concept of German Leading culture – Which literally means “leading culture” – and called migrants to truly belong in accordance with a set of basic traditions.

At the end of 2023. Year, he revived that discussion. In an attempt to wake up a vague mandate with meaning, Merz suggested it Buying a Christmas tree He was part of a really German language – excluding Jews, Muslims, Hindus and secular Germans in the process.

It was not a sliding of the tongue. The man from Rural Sauerland in West Germany called the Migrant Children “Little Pasha”, accused of Ukrainian refugees “Tourism in mulping“And they claimed foreigners abusing German health system” “to pull their teeth out“The allegation so that it is inflammatory that it has extracted public refutation from the German dental association.

His reputation and the recent action were sharing as a function, with only 36% approval – between the leftist Heidi Reichinnek and AFD co-leader Alice Weidel, according to the recent Bild Survey.

Far from the knockout of the Nokaut until the AFD advance, its classification as an extremist risk that is played in the party anti-founder. Reaction of the Trump Administration – State Secretary Marco Rubio called the german intelligence service “tyranny in disguise“- They underline how they became full of transatlantic relations.

In order to turn things down, Merz needs to find feet quickly, show that it can be a chancellor for all Germans and draft paths according to the future. With its package for consumption indented in debt, it has the resources available. But aside from bold proclamation that “Germany returns” in the world phase, he invested a little effort to sell a plan to the public or determine the goals and goals and goals. This should be changed, and the bold is required to reset the social contract.

The reality is that Merz is a German Moonshot financing plan, but so far it is missing a driving pad and destination. The country will not have access to these resources a second time, and the new chancellor should be counted. Otherwise, AFD will find each other clearer through the government. By appealing on populist feelings and deepening divisions within Germany, Merz may inearly strengthen the radical political shift, how much Cameron did in the UK.