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Berlin has failed to retain Russian gas, which is vital for its citizens and its industrial and economic complex,
He has long played down the economic concerns of our citizens,
All too often, Minister Lindner has blocked laws in an inappropriate manner,
Scholz said in a statement on Wednesday Too often he has engaged in petty party-political tactics. Too often he has broken my trust,
Those who expected the US elections' outcome to bring together the German coalition government may soon be disappointed,
Alberto Alemanno, a professor in European Union Law at HEC Paris, a business school, said in a post on X, referring to German public's concern about US President-elect Donald Trump's trade wars They formed the ruling coalition given their different political stance and voter base. But at a critical juncture when big troubles come, they fly their own ways,
Every additional day with this federal government is a lost day. We demand new elections as soon as possible,
said Dirk Jandura, president of the German wholesale lobby BGA Trump can save the German automotive sector” by keeping the tariffs on Chinese EVs
said Daniel Gros, director of the Institute for European Policymaking at Milan’s Bocconi University Many people in our country are worried about the uncertain political situation in our country, in Europe, in the world, even after the elections in the US,
Steinmeier said in Berlin The government is doing its job, it will continue to do so in the coming weeks and months and the citizens will soon have the opportunity to decide how things will continue,
he said on Thursday morning Scholz, Habeck and Lindner have failed completely,
Söder told reporters in Munich The government no longer has a majority in the German Bundestag and so we have to call on the Federal Chancellor — with a unanimous decision by the CDU/CSU parliamentary group — to call a vote of confidence immediately, at the beginning of next week at the latest,
The government set out to reconcile the transformation toward climate neutrality with economic growth and social security. It has not lived up to this claim."
Germany's problems are too big to tolerate political gridlock."
The coalition no longer has a majority in the German Bundestag,
Merz stated, urging Scholz to hold the vote "immediately This is not the time for tactics and skirmishes,
There are also a whole series of international commitments, conferences and decisions in the European Union that now require a German federal government that is capable of acting,
The chancellery must not become an election campaign center,
Our country needs a government that is not just in office, but one that can act,
We simply cannot afford to have a government without a majority in Germany for several months now, and then campaign for several more months, and then possibly conduct coalition negotiations for several weeks,