Why Friedrich Merz is right and the Germans should do more
The pride on your own hands has come out of fashion in this country in recent years. Society hangs higher values: mindfulness, time -out and the right balance between work and leisure are considered more desirable than career and Maloche. In the mid-30-year-olds say goodbye to one year SabbaticaL to go on a world tour. In the past, it was the crowning glory of a long working life for a few.
The cause of this shift in values is a historically rare situation: because of the aging of society, workers are scarce. And out of fear of PersonnelThe companies sucked themselves fully with employees, although the economy ran badly. Unemployment was a word from yesterday, the employees were able to dictate the conditions.
Germany produces too expensive
Due to the elimination of cheap energy from Russia and China’s progress, the calculation no longer works. Since last year, the figureheads of German companies have been setting up hundreds of thousands of positions: VW, Daimler, Bosch, ZF, Bayer and many more. The concern of unemployment returns. This is nothing nice, but it can sharpen the view that something has to change. Germany is no longer competitivea factor is the wage costs. Short working hours, many holidays and vacation days and comparatively many sick days add up to bad calculation with rapidly increasing social contributions for pensions, health and nurses.
This can be caught by longer working hours and the deletion of public holidays. Without a reform of the health and pension system, the invoice will not be positive. Union and SPD push responsibility on commissions that will end in nirvana. In any case, experience teaches. The SPD does not want any incisions, but Friedrich Merz needs it to govern. Hard work – she is also imminent.
