this thursday First anniversary of the ‘Scholz era’: On December 8, 2021, spd leader sworn to first social democratic chancellor since your arrival Angela Merkel He came to power in 2005. Just a year ago, the conservative leader’s successor, first tripartite coalition At the federal level in the history of the Federal Republic. SPD, ecoliberals greens and liberal-conservatives PDF After months of difficult and intense negotiations, they managed to sign a “social-liberal” government agreement at the end of November last year.
Olaf Schölz He took advantage of his Government’s first anniversary to announce his intention to seek re-election in the next federal election, scheduled for 2025, if there is no electoral progress. “I want this governing coalition to be successful enough to take office again,” said the German press group Funke-Medien and the French newspaper “Ouest-France” in an interview published this Thursday.
But Scholz optimism crashes into reality: cabinet that began to rule when its administration began coronavirus was the main political priority in the short term, but had a three-month lull. The beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the end of last February, geopolitical earthquake With serious economic consequences for the richest and most populous country in the European Union: Russian oil and gasconclusion energy crisisInflation of around 10% and calling for a recession soon ‘Semaphore Coalition’ in a complex situation.
loss of popularity
This is reflected in: popularity polls and voting intent: The three governing parties, especially the SPD and the FDP, lost ground in the estimates. If there is an election today, Conservative union of the CDU-CSU It would be the first power to receive about 30% of the vote. And the far right of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) will once again get 14 to 15% of the vote.
That’s why the first year of the government meant a lot. wear it for all three games The latest opinion poll, commissioned by the Scholz-led coalition’s Public television ARD, paints a not very encouraging picture for the ruling trio: only one 28% of citizens Participants are satisfied with the work of the government. 41% are very dissatisfied and 27% are “very dissatisfied”. Chancellor Scholz also has an approval rate of only 36%.
Main challenges
“We will take get through the winter We support Ukraine to defend it against Russian aggression. and we will give new impetus. renewable energy Yet modernization of our economy”, Chancellor Scholz said in an interview this Thursday.
Explains in a few sentences main challenges faced Germany in the short and medium term: endure and rethink the coldest months of the year without the main energy source that has fed German industry for the past three decades – Russian gas from pipelines that are now closed or damaged by sabotage in the Baltic Sea – german economic modelIt is heavily dependent on fossil imports and exports of industrial and technological products.
Scholz government after the start of the Russian occupation The largest defense investment in German history After the end of the Second World War: Berlin wants to spend more than 100 billion euros purchase of weapons and military equipment with Russia as the main potential enemy NATO. By supporting this plan, the Greens betrayed their historic defenses of pacifism and military détente. stuck in Germany United States of AmericaRussia and ChineseAsian giant, one of its main trading partners.
Scholz has already found a word to describe it. historical moment What happened to him as chancellor? “Zeitwende”well, “Changing time”. Germany faces its most uncertain phase since the end of the year. fall of the Berlin wall and reunification process.
Source: Informacion
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