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I'd never thought I'd praise Merkel for anything. still her change of direction to a shorter exit was remarkable.
by froh 4y ago
I'd never thought I'd praise Merkel for anything. still her change of direction to a shorter exit was remarkable.
- nforgerit 4y agoWell I think she deserves praise for her actions around the refugee crisis around 2015 which took some guts on her side. But along with her erratic nuclear policies she left highly crusted public authorities, a failed energiewende towards renewables, a strategic disaster in terms of russian gas and a dysfunctional army among many other things. She always presented opportunism as a legit style of doing politics ("Politik der kleinen Schritte") oftentimes leading to absurd compromises and systematic short-sightedness. Her conservative party started copying US Republican tactics which harms the German system even more because it is much relying on compromises between political camps. For me the only remarkable attribute about her is her willingness to do anything to stay in power. I'd bet she didn't even know what for.