Is Friedrich Merz the man to fix Europe's broken backbone on the global stage? | To The Point

Описание: Germany has decided. Olaf Scholz governing coalition crashed, the three parties ALL punished with historically low numbers. And the big winner is:
Friedrich Merz and his center-right Christian Democrats. He must now forge a new coalition goverment and lead Europe's biggest economy out of its current crisis. He also needs to take the lead in Europe, countering an increasingly hostile White House. But the other big winner is the far-right AfD, nearly doubling its share of the vote to around 20 percent – helped in no small measure by vocal support from Donald Trump and Elon Musk. But: Merz vowed he will under NO circumstance work with the far right. The question: Friedrich Merz to the rescue – is he the man to fix Europe's broken backbone on the global stage?

Kerstin Münstermann, (Rheinische Post)
Gordon Repinski, (Executive Editor Germany for Politico)
Daniel Goffart, (Chief-Correspondent Europe for WirtschaftsWoche)

Chapters
00:00 Mood of change in Germany
03:00 Far-right AfD nearly doubled, pressure on new government
04:20 It was a mistake by Merz to vote together with AfD
05:20 Who is Friedrich Merz (video)
07:00 He is an experienced politician, but never held office
08:30 There is a gap between CDU and SPD; migration for example
10:00 How to organize the budget will be the big question
11:00 Coalition talks will be difficult
12:10 AfD’s influence will be big, especially in eastern parts of Germany
13:30 AfD’s Alice Weidel: “Stretching out our hand” (Video)
14:05 There is a decent majority against AfD
15:00 If the next government is not successful, AfD will be on the rise
16:00 Plans for boosting economy: cutting taxes and red tape
17:20 The “debt brake” will end; Merz is willing to invest
21:05 Merz will be eye to eye with Trump
22:44 Merz election - not good news for Ukraine
23:28 Scholz was not a strong voice in the EU, Merz might be
24:10 Merz has to take the German approach to the EU: just pay.
25:15 Merz is self confident

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