… And it’s completely unnecessary.
Just because a single delusional libertarian can’t get his ego in check the entire country has to suffer.
He’s not a libertarian
Lindner is not alone. His other ministers are also causing a lot of damage and his party seems to be in support of all that.
a single delusional libertarian
That being who?
Christian Linder, leader of the libertarian party FDP and Minister of Finances in the currently ruling coalition
He doesn’t seem very bad from what I’ve just read in Wikipedia. Which parts are delusional?
Trust US, he’s bad. He is blocking the necessary investments to get Germany’s economy back on a growth path.
Imagine having to work with a snake like Lindner and a wet paper towel like Scholz on a daily basis. I don’t agree with everything Habeck does but just for that fact alone he’s earned my respect. I would have fucking resigned like 3 months in.
Even if you completely disagree with his position (which I don’t), you should actually want politicians like him. He’s the only politician who actually and consistently really explains himself. He clearly gives you arguments pro and con, states his assumptions and conclusions. That’s exactly how a leader should behave. Yet, he’s getting ridiculed for exactly that.
The government has been dysfunctional for a while.
… Because of the same guy.
He’s actively sabotaging his own government and I don’t even understand why. He’s not gaining anything. It’s not even corruption, he pissed off even the industry.
Russia pays good money
Every few elections I’m flabbergasted by the results the FDP achieves. Are people unable to remember the last time they were in power? It’s always the same dumb play, for as long as I remember. They are unable to add anything besides lining their pockets and being in opposition … to themselves.
They were also responsible for the demise of the Jamaica coalition.
But with this traffic light coalition we got more sinister powers at play. Springer press (Welt and Bild) drove a 2 year long smear campaign against The Greens (especially Habeck and Bärbock). Behind that stands essentially the fossil fuel industry (KKR, Koch Brothers, Heritage Foundation, The Republic, BlackRock). We got one of the most stable energy grids in Europe, only import 2% of our energy and export in return to european neighbors when the massively build out renewable energy is producing to much. We’re not dependent on russian gas anymore. Broadband internet initiative is running (small villages get fiber now).
But yeah the automotive industry is struggling and Habeck already warned VW in 2019 that they have to invest in electric vehicles. Now they and suppliers plan massive employment reductions and closing of factories and everyone cries “The Greens are destroying the economy”. VW made 23 billion revenue in 2023, btw.
CDU will continue to enable the far-right AfD (who wants to actually disassemble wind turbines) and reap all the merits of the Ampel and then destroy it for deals with the fossil fuel industry. Once in a lifetime chance we had.
Nothing to add, good abstract.
they achieve their goals
which is exclusively sabotaging anything that might hurt the billionaire class :-)
I mean their election results. Who votes for them? At some point you have to realize you’re not the one they work for.
