Germany should get « strongest army in Europe » – Diepresse.com
The new German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, conjures up old and new German virtues in his first declaration of government: economic and military strength.
It was turbulent first days for Friedrich Merz as Chancellor. Only the avoidable round of honor in the Chancellor election in the Bundestag last week. What followed was much more like the taste of the 69-year-old, who sees himself as a foreign politician: on his trips abroad to Paris, Warsaw, Brussels and Kiev, he immediately left diplomatic fragrance notes on the European floor.
Especially in the event of peace agencies in Ukraine, Merz sets an unmistakable signal: Germany will act more internationally among him again than under its predecessor, Olaf Scholz.
On Wednesday, all eyes should be directed towards the German Chancellor when he stepped into a lectern in the Bundestag. The CDU politician’s first government declaration was eagerly awaited OB of the multiple geopolitical challenges that are waiting for the new federal government. Much of the almost one -hour speech will not remain in the collective memory. Rather, it was a list of projects from the government program.
