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Trump represents nothing if not the threat of instability for Germany, whether in the form of new tariffs on German cars or a cease-fire deal in Ukraine that leads to new waves of refugees.The last thing Germans will want then is a government thrust into an unplanned election campaign, unable to act in a moment of crisis. A second Trump administration, in other words, could give Germany’s government a new lease on life.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Am I having a stroke or does that summary paragraph first insult Trump and then praise him?

[–] b34k@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I dunno much about German politics, are they somehow in a broken / divided government or something?

Sounds like they’re saying the threat of a Trump controlled US would be a call to action to bring the government together and restore its function.

[–] thfi@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Germany's government is a three-party coalition where all three parties have lost in recent regional elections, so they try to show their profile ahead of the national election next year. Especially the party which now causes the most trouble (by appeasing an opposition party in a bid for a future coalition) got close to 0% of the vote in those regional elections. The chancellor himself has an unresolved history of being involved in a large tax evasion scheme ("cum-ex") back when he was head of a regional government. Otherwise, he tries to do nothing wrong by not doing anything at all (ok, he does the day-to-day business, but no inspiring long-term goals or other leadership things). In contrast, the vice chancellor (from the Green party) does a noticeable better job at explaining and motivating the government's decisions. Unfortunately, even this party has people in leading positions where they should not be …

[–] Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Otherwise, he tries to do nothing wrong by not doing anything at all (ok, he does the day-to-day business, but no inspiring long-term goals or other leadership things).

The sad thing is that the Government is actual quite busy. They done alot but Scholz won't talk or do anything .__.

https://fragdenstaat.de/koalitionstracker/

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 3 points 6 days ago

cum-ex wasnt an evasion scheme. They got tax returns for tax they never paid. It was a large scale robbery scheme. And Scholz blocked some of the money being returned and involved banks being prosecuted.