What's Gone Wrong for the German Government?
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Since taking office in 2021, Germany's first "traffic light" coalition has seen its polling numbers fall steadily while it's conservative opposition has been on the rise. So in this video, we break down why Scholz's coalition is in a tricky situation.
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What bothers me beyond belief is the Alzheimer's memory of the voters. The current government is struggling with problems that have been left lying around for 16 years that are so large and enormous that it will take decades or a lot of money to somehow manage them. And because all the problems are now being tackled and 16 years of lobby politics has shaped the everyday life and behavior of many people, the population is not happy with the events that are coming their way. Instead, they want the party again that does nothing but put tax money in their own pockets or burn it while people are slowly getting worse.
how exactly they put tax money on their own pockets?
@@riskinhos i think that comment was about they Union (CDU/CSU) who are known to be corrupt in many cases (âMaskenaffĂ€reâ, Julia Klöckner and NestlĂ©, Axel Voss in the EU Parliament, Philipp Amthor and lobbyism, Andreas Scheuerâs âPKW-Mautâ, etc.). Yet, during their 16 years of governing, we fell behind in Education, infrastructure, especially for Internet, and effectively killed Bundeswehr through spending cuts.
@@glurakg.ravdrac3281 Education is organized by the states and not by the federal gouvernment. The states with Red-green gouvernment are as always the worst in every ranking whereas CDU/CSU states like Bavaria and Saxony are at the top. Baden-WĂŒrttemberg declined horribly after we got a Green Ministre president
@@ravanpee1325 Well alright i guess, âBildung ist LĂ€ndersacheâ. Main point of this was the part about corruption.
Minister of Education in Baden Wurttemberg was a CDU politician in Kretschmann II cabinet, itâs only since 2021 that it is a green politician.
@@riskinhos Several methods - they had several corruption scandals going for themselves. Look up Andreas Scheuer for example.
I guess this is just a general trend that always happens everywhere. Governing will make you less popular, because you are responsible for the decisions you've made. And people will always remember the negative more than the positive.
You are not only responsible for the decisions you make but for everything that happens (or takes effect) during the time you are in office.
Many of the hardships that Germany faces right now are not the result of bad politics by the "Ampel" coalition but are coming from a long time of bad political decisions in the past. As well as political decisions made in other countries, which are mostly outside of what Germany could influence.
Yeah right now the CDU/CSU is all to happy pretending al lot of the hardships facing germans right now are all thanks to the Ampel coalition and not the decisions the previous CDU SPD coalition made, which are now taking effect
@@philipseibert9002 they know damn well that it's thier fault. But admitting to have made bad decisions is never good in politics.
Instead of risking votes by admitting what they did wrong they blame someone else and are able to politically profit from it.
This kind of political tactics should be a red flag for every potential voter, but apparently it isn't...
That's true, but in this case it is made even worse by the fact the Green Party and the FDP are ideologically so far apart.
So any compromise they make leads to voters of both parties being dissatisfied. Voters of the FDP have to deal with most of the coalition being left wing, so they don't have that much influence. That leads to them moving over to the next best thing, which is the CDU or Afd. On the other hand voters of the Green party complain that their measures against climate change aren't going far enough, but there is really no other party they can go to, other than the SPD, which is already part of the government or the far left party.
All in all the SPD is the only coalition party that is still able to relatively closely follow what voters expect.
@@whiteraven550 So killing the housing market with the new energy law was a good idea?
Honestly the part about selling critical infrastucture to China is the most mind-boggling part. You'd think after Ukraine, they'd learn not to trade with petty tyrant governments.
SPD never learns. Look what their previous chancellor is doing
Thats why they only sold a smaller part of the harbour.
Everyone was really angry about this decision here. This is just corruption, nothing else
@@JIinuX
The new chancellor is doing something?
China is not a petty tyrant government. Less petty than tyrant, that is.
As a German: We never had a decent government, at least in the 20 years of my adult life
Look at history. This is one of the better ones relatively. You usually have to fight a war every 20 to 50 years due to it getting so bad. It is amazing considering you guys are smart and work hard but nothing can overcome bad government. It is usually from the citizens being low info and low accountability not smart and good ethics and simply overconfident and ending in bad choices always though
Look at the bright side, it's better than the one you had in 1945
@@kfirdrake8711 at least the people were more in charge or better said the politicians listened
@@Milan-lr2hf Are you joking? Did most of the population really want all jews to be killed? Most likely not. And if they actually did want that, that would be the best example that you shouldn't always listen to the people.
Schon wieder nur am labern diese leute. Es geschieht uns allen recht mit dem was uns die aktuelle Regierung alles antut . Vorallem solchen leuten die vor zwei jahren gesagt haben merkel muss weg......
I am German and in my opinion one of the main problems of the current government: the endless fighting between the parties (especially between the FDP and the Greens).
It feels like they are fighting about everything, even about things that were already decided in the coalition agreement. The only thing they both agreed on was tanks for Ukraine (where they put pressure on the SPD). but since that's gone, there's almost nothing they can agree on and thereby blocking government projects
Most of the time, the FDP starts the fights, because it has lost massively in almost all state elections since 2021.
Which is why I donât believe coalition governments work, at least as not as well as a single party government.
More gets done, rightly or wrongly when only one party has power.
As a non-German weâre sick and tired of Germany militarily holding us back. It looks weak and cowardly. Germany has the largest population/economy in Europe and should be more assertive in throwing its opinion around.
Ofcourse they are fighting, FDP is relatively right/centre-right with preferring economic liberalism ...while Greens are, well, green eco clowns that struggle to think past their ideology about the consequences
Unless youre a slimy spineless snake, you cant simply cant work with the other party because its the opposite of your almost every ideal
â@@FightTheByte_ it confuses me that comments like that don't end in a "/s". who can write bullshit like that unironically?
Nothing to say about the hundreds of thousands of illegals siphoning off of your welfare system?
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Typical German: so full of self-hatred over the past that you cannot see the issue for what it actually is.
@@FightTheByte_ Just because you don't know how reconciliation & remembrance of past mistakes work doesn't mean it's "pathological guilt".
"triggering something of a panic" is a nice way to say that BILD actively created the panic with false claims about the proposal ;)
"F*** BILD, all my homies hate BILD"
BILD is the German FOX
The energy proposal is horribly for every renter or someone who ones a house
No its not
You cant trust der bild
What's gone wrong? Everything. The entirity of Europe has been in crisis mode ever since February 2022, which was only three months after they started governing. Add to that that the FDP has done nothing but blocking any meaningful legislation in the recent months and the very unfortunate picture the greens have left in the public and you get the situation the coalition is in now.
West is always in crisis mode every 50 years or so, it's nothing new and always temporary
And that the SPD has lost about half it's voters within the last 20 years. I think they only got a good result, because the CDU/CSU was on a short time low
Also the CDU has managed to shift blame for many shortcomings that have arose over the last 16 years of their governance onto the new government, like the terrible state the army is in or the exit out of nuclear energy
Greens are commies
Since 2022? I think since COVID-19, every new year since 2020 has a new problem to resolve and all of them are piling up. I'm pretty sure that the next recession will be far harder than the one from 2008. Maybe we'll even enter a new economic depression.
Most people recognize that Schulz was elected as an administrator, not as a leader.
Scholz was elected because CDU had presented a candidate whom even many conservative leaning voters considered incompetent and dangerously sloppy.
â@@notroll1279 Absolutely right. The general feeling was that the options were even worse but there wasn't much conviction that Scholz would be a good chancellor.
Not really Scholz is bringing out some reforms under his party, especially for the middle class. Without him, many in Germany would still work for 9⏠instead of 12âŹ. He pulled that up like that.
The parties were always at loggerheads when they discuss for a raising of a few cents.
@@germanyhamburger5552 Minimum wages don't create wealth, they just outlaw low payments.
So while some may now be paid higher wages, others may find no job at all.
It's a sad fact that if a "progressive education" leads to around 10% functional analphabets, a society will either have to accept a low wage segment in its labour market or it will make those people unemployable and have to feed them through transfer payments.
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This has already been said but I have to stress this again:
It was the CDU, that made Germany dependent on Russian gas.
It was the CDU, that did not invest in Germany's railways.
It was the CDU, that did not invest in digital infrastructure, a mistake that will cost Germany for a long time...
It was the CDU, that did not invest into the German defences.
It was the CDU, that did very little to support pensioners or low income households.
In the last 16 years the CDU was the main ruling party, in coalition with the SPD and one term with the FDP, they did absolutely nothing, even when the economy was flourishing, apart from putting money in their own or their friends pockets.
Now the economy is suffering and geopolitics is a mess, naturally things aren't all good but it could be better, without 16 years of CDU...
Concerning the first point, not even the rest yet: Does the name Schröder ring a bell for you?
@@Moheader Yes, at the time importing rather cheap gas from Russia seemed like a good idea. Infact West-Germany was importing gas from the Soviets since the 70s.
But the CDU kept buying more and more gas from Russia, even after the annexation of the Krim (to be fair, global reaction on that topic were pretty mild).
And after abandoning nuclear power they slowed the progress of renewable energy sources. Germany was world leading in developing and manufacturing of wind turbines and photovoltaic but when the construction of such facilities was impeded by the government those companies left Germany and the EU and moved to China, as the market was much larger there. The worst part about that move is the loss of intellectual property.
Nowadays building a single wind turbine in Germany requires about ten large binders full of paperwork, when it required one small binder in the early 2000s.
In Germany something undesired by the government isn't simply forbidden, it is made so difficult and annoying, that no one wants to do it, by creating tons of administrative work.
All together with the SPD.
@@DeathByStupidity9 do you actually want to say the SPD did anything in that time? That party was absolutely useless and basically did nothing, that's why there was almost no political debate in the coalition, even though the parties generally had different views on certain topics. The SPD wasn't a strong political entity then and it isn't now.
@@einbaerchen2995 They were very eager to kiss Merkels feet to keep the scraps of power they had. Minderheitenregierung was always an option but they choose to bent the knee and go GroKo.
While there are certainly iffy choices and things particular to the individual parties and their issues (I could go into this more but that's not the point) it's worth remembering that this is a government presiding over a time of crisis, rising costs of living etc. and it is extremly likely that whoever would be in government would be very unpopular right now simply because you get assosciated with all the negatives for all sides.
This is not an atypical thing. Especially in germany where so many of the issues (i.e. overdependence on russian gas, slow technological adaption, power of certain companies) were issues that have been left to grow and entrench themselves over decades. And whoever is governing would be faced with trying to solve something that is extremly complex to solve and impossible to solve quickly.
Keep in mind, though, unlike the US where there's one party that's gone completely off the rails, the parties in Germany aren't that fundamentally different. No party will ever make a coalition with AfD (for history reasons if not common sense), so whoever is in charge would pretty much make similar choices to handle the crisis. I think the bigger change will not be how any particular party is seen, but rather a change in the perception of the country and the societal contract.
@@seeibe never say never. In some way i can see the horrible future where CDU and AFD will make a coalition
@@sven1131 I agree, I can see a future, were The CDU has to govern with the greens. That will work for maybe 2 years before the infighting start and the really conservative or reactionary jump ship, because the CDU has to side with the greens on some issues causing a bigger disconnect between base and leadership.
People literally made the same excuses for the S.P.D. back in the 1920's, if they haven't learned it in the past 100 years, they won't learn it now.
A time of crisis they were instrumental in constructing and are doing nothing to improve, instead doing all they can to worsen it. Who has printed money like there's no tomorrow and still is? Who leaves borders wide open and then complains about the housing market? Who deliberately refuses to buy cheap energy all the while destroying energy infrastructure on purpose?
Correction/Opinion:
Supporting nuclear power is NOT a "non-green" political stance.
It is the SAFEST, lowest carbon, lowest pollution energy source in the country.
Just because "die grĂŒnen" dont like it doesnt mean that it isnt green technology.
True, but the Greens have a veto and will sabotage nuclear at any cost, even if this means the demise of Germany.
Safest? How can nuclear power be safer than solar and wind...
Apart from that the energy source lies in Russia, not Germany.
Also it's not really reliable, as could be seen in France last summer, it's one of the most expensive energies and has just played a very minor role in recent years
Based!
@@till_teewurst8674 no itâs not necessarily safest unless you too take into account the hazardous mining of rare earth minerals for solar panels and the people who die as a result of that and exploitative policies. Nuclear is definitely the most reliable energy source and thatâs fact. The only thing possibly more reliable is hydroelectric.
Nuclear power is the most dangerous and pollutive energy we have. It's never been green, and to pretend otherwise is stupid. You simply can't ignore the bill you gotta pay for it with incidents, disasters and dealing with nuclear waste.
As a German, I never expected Olaf Scholz to get reelected as cancelor. The SPD only got more votes that the CDU/CSU because the latter party was doing particularly poorly at that moment. In the long run, the SPD isn't as popular. (Not that the CDU/CSU is doing particularly well either, but at least not as bad)
The issue with the CDU is that they failed to find a competent replacement for Merkel. They had few, and all of them turned to be incompetent or crooked (to use a term by a former US president)
@@todortodorov940 True
ââ@@todortodorov940 as an American, I have to ask if you think Soder should have been picked instead the Cdu guy (idk how to spell his name), I asked on a Germany Reddit and most of the complaints ended up him being a politician, and Bavarian
@@idkwhatsgoingon4584 There are two questions:
1. Both the CDU and the SPD guy were incompetent and useless. Here, the best would have been to persuade Merkel to take another turn - but really, *there is no solution* . None of the two had the skills nor the integrity that Merkel had.
2. When talking about ideology, the CDU had a more stable approach to the country, trying to ensure stability. The SPD wanted to do a lot of reforms, and what they've done may be good for few individuals, but damaging Germany's future.
@@todortodorov940 I mean you didn't mention Soder the Csu guy that was going against the Cdu guy, but your saying the best chance Cdu/Csu had would have been was trying to convince Merkel to stay
The polls aren't great but you really shouldn't overrate their importance so ealry in the election cycle. I would say that Scholz is decently popular all things considered and maybe people will rather see him continue as chancellor than any of the alternatives in 2025. When the election rolls around it becomes a head to head battle between the candidates and it is not obvious to me that someone like Merz will beat him. Germans also like stability and I feel like the incumbent has an even bigger advantage than elsewhere
I feel like many people tend to forget the circumstances under which they have governed. They brought us reasonably well through the years of crisis that filled their period in power until now. At least I have no doubt that we would have been far worse off under the CDU who wouldn't want to do anything until it was too late while trying to fill their own and their business friends pockets.
If we really elect the CDU next term with *MERZ* of all people leading it we as a people really deserve a darwin award.
â@@sizanogreen9900 I agree with you, but I believe they will get credit for that once its election time and people start to really think about their vote. That's why current polls are not that important. Most people don't think about politics too much and just give their default answer without giving it a second thought
@@Hallo-it5hn I sure hope so.
"Whats gone wrong for the german government" vs "Is Sunak going to win 2025" basically explains the coverage.
@@sizanogreen9900 Do you really think that there would be such a big difference in the political outcome with Merz at the top? I don't see it at all. Merz is just a figure which is detested by the left because he occasionally says some supposedly strange things but in reality is as tame as it could be since the CDU still lives in Merkel wonderland. There aren't even that many differences between the SPD and CDU in today's political landscape.
Isn't it normal that incumbents tend to suffer drop in poll after election?
The result of the last German federal election was pretty much decided by circumstantial factors 1 - 2 months leading up to the vote, which kind of makes me wonder whether the polls 2 years ahead of next election tells us anything about what is to come.
When the CDU/CSU is in power don't expect anything to change. That difficult task is always left for the SPD which is never popular. And the FDP? Some kind of leftover from the neoliberalism. Nobody knows what they are useful for.
Well, the FDP is ironically comparable to a speed bumper
The FDP keeps the SPD and greens in check with not implementing too much socialist policies that will further doom Germany!
And precisely because the CDU doesn't change anything, I'm now vote for AFD. But yes, the FDP died in 2013 and is now just a cult around Christian Lindner
Most other parties can actually stay in office sometimes, while the FDP just always drops to ~5% if it gets into office once. It's only an option for the rich
@@jan-lukasWhat a bullshit view. Itâs like saying SPD is only for HartzIV recipients.. FDP has an emphasis on economy bc a better economy also allows for mor public spending, itâs really not that hard. And if you wanna act like only the FDP work with lobbyists then youâre utterly lost
For everyone who think coalitions donât work. They do! But not this coalition. How you wanna make politics for poor people, for ecology, for rich people and for car driver? Impossible
To me it felt like the FDP so far has just blocked or limited almost all of the government's attempts at change.
The greens are killing the living standard of the middle class
â@@ravanpee1325 bullshit comments brought to you by the average wutbĂŒrger
No wonder considering what Greens are doing and considering that ... families connected to Greens kinda ... make a buck on current policies.
"FDP" is the acronym in Portuguese for "son of a b*tch". Sounds fitting.
@@gdf_6c Therefore we don't need to wonder why Portugal is poor as a third world country
As a German, it was clear to me from the beginning that this government would have a hard time.
Two economically left-wing parties (the Greens and the SPD, which want to increase public spending and the taxes) are forming a coalition with a party (the FDP) that wants exactly the opposite.
Two non-ideological parties (SPD and FDP) form a coalition with the ideological Greens.
It is absolutely logical that this all leads to permanent tensions.
@@diegoyuiop literally mentioned in the video that they do not and that the spd took massive amounts of pressure from the other two to bend and help Ukraine/ put more pressure on Chinese investments.
The Greens are ideology as hell, what are you talking about. More than 100.000⏠cost for everyone who ones a house...
two non-ideological parties?????
you list the FDP? those are the people proposing efuels, burning hydrogen in gas furnaces and buy bullshit marketing stunts like the hyperloop. I'm so confused that this framing of ideological and non-ideological is bought by anyone.
The Greens and the SPD arent economically left, they are at most left leaning. They still encourage a free, but somewhat social, market but are against nationalization and arent even trying to implement significant restrictions on capital markets and other key industries, mostly because of lobbying and public pressure and, ironically, out of fear of being percieved as left wing because BILD and other conservative actors poisoned the term "left", most recently seen by Scholz calling peaceful protests "completely insane" though solidarity with strikes and peaceful protest should be in the DNA of the party.
On what planet are the Greens left wing??
Soon even the people in Germany will say: "At least were not speaking German".
This Coalition has set out to basically change on course on almost all policy decisions of the last 16 years and to completely revamp the system. Literally almost all the problems they currently face have been created by the previous conservative governement which now present themselves as having the solutions for the problems they did not fix for 16 years. Additionally the coalition has been under consistent fire by the mostly reactionary tabloids and conservative online groups, that appeal to a large amount of old people who donÂŽt like anything if their russian friend tells them to. If the Coalition manages to come out victorious out of the ukraine situtation before the next elections, i am sure many will see the foreign policy mistakes of the previous government and finally realize that the Traffic Light Coalition is a step in the right direction.
I totally agree with you!
This is also a thing I'm always a bit surprised is not on peoples radar: If policies were implemented and embedded over the last 10-20-30 years (as many of the problem policies i.e. energy handling, tech infrastructure) are in Germany, why would you expect to be able to fix it in a few months? Even if you go about them the completely corret/smart way this will take years and likely multiple governments to rectify. Why wouldn't it when it also took decades to build?
"This Coalition has set out to basically change on course on almost all policy decisions of the last 16 years and to completely revamp the system." ... OR you can put it as it is: This Coalition has set out to basically destroy the financial and economical stability of the last 16 years. In other words: To run Germany to the ground.
@@todortodorov940 Nice try, Russian troll.
why would a coalition with neoliberal economic policies act diferent than a previous neoliberal goverment? economically speaking the SDP can't press for their most left policies because they have to please the liberals in their coalition, so the most nedded changes aren't gonna happen
Most parties will lose vote share after getting into government. That is pretty normal.
true .. but not as this level ..
not true.
There is an element of truth to that, but the Greens and SPD have seen some of their past core decisions seen as making the current problems significantly greater. The SPD were possible the most pro-Russian party in the past and that do not sit well with many people these days. The Greens pushed the CDU to close the nuclear power plants, which also does not sit well.
The CDU benefits from their bad past decisions linked to a leader who is no longer around, such as the immigration policy, agreeing with the greens on nuclear shut downs, allowing the military to decay and also being very pro-Russian in order to get cheap gas for business.
The Russian invasion has basically stuffed everything up and the main benefit will probably go to AfD and CDU. Its an example where external events can really cause major issues. Dies ist ein sehr gutes Beispiel fĂŒr Shadenfrueden.
@@riskinhos It is not always true, but it is absolutely true most of the time.
@@dendradwar9464 Well, we should not jump to conclusions, I do not think our government has shown the ideal performance in recent years, there is room to improve.
But more than this, the current changes in heating are connected to large insecurities within Germany.
I think it is in principle a good policy for many reasons:
1. It reduces our CO2 footprint.
2. It makes us less dependent from gas deliveries.
3. It is the cheapest way to go in the long term.
But there are issues to be ironed out, but there is time to do so until the next general election. Ideally, it would have been instituted directly after the new government came into power, but it is a policy based on the current situation of the war in Ukraine.
non-issue, it's more than 2 years to next federal election
There are still state elections which affect the politics in germany
â@@Haris1 which have completely different trends like we've seen in bremen last week
@@homeape. Sometimes yes. But the CDU chapter in Bremen isnt the best and the AFD couldnt participate so the gov literally had no effective opposition
â@@Haris1 so what you're saying is that the federal trend isn't easily transferable to local elections. got you.
@@homeape. "Completely different trends" like that AfD is in east germany the strongest political power. Face it. The current german government is divisive and strengthened the politicial extremes.
When the problems came up, we had CDU, when they grew we had CDU, when they got out of control we had CDU and we have CDU now. For 20+ years I have listened to these people promise me every 4 years that they will fix it and today is the worst the problem has ever been, like every day
Wir hatten nie die CDU alleine. Es gab immer eine Koalition. Entweder mit den GrĂŒnen oder der SPD.
I can't help but believe that the SPD and CDU will come to some kind of coalition agreement if the Government falls
hopefully the CDU will remember their roots and oppose the SPD and govern with the AfD instead
Come on, itâs Germany, our governments do not âfallâ. We elect every 4 years, so the Ampel has about 2 years left.
With current poll figures, they wouldn't have a majority.
â@@xaverlustig3581Still 2 years left. I will never vote for CDU. And I hope the Green Party stays consequent and never ever goes into coalition with them after their "opposition work".
We might have a situation were we fail to form a coalition soon.
@@nieselregen420 I hope the Green party will never be part of any coalition ever again.
This is interesting, because in our country Czech Republic we have government of 5 parties where 2 of them are conservative, 3 liberal, 3 centre-rightist, 1 centrist and 1 centere-leftist. And they all have some, sometimes significant difference in their views on how to do things and Czech Republic is going through similar problems as Germany.
A while ago they made heavy compromise agreement about changing taxes (some raising, some lowering and more) and pension reform. Both are very unpopular, but unlike in Germany our goverment is more successful in cooperating together, even though things take them a while to make.
Why?
I think major difference is that all 5 parties united against common enemy, opposition populist party called ANO, that was in goverment before them. They take themselves as democratic parties, while opposition is threat for democracy and coalition with any opposition party is unacceptable.
In my opinion, the difference between the German government parties is far greater than in the Czech coalition - social democracy, the greens and right-wing liberals seem like a pretty wild combination to me.
Moreover, I agree that the Czech government is, to an extent, unanimous thanks to the threat of ANO, but I don't consider it to be very healthy, because it shields them from much criticism just because the populist billionaire BabiĆĄ is the only alternative.
@@krystof9826 as an outsider why is ANO such a threat that such a coalition was formed?
@@connorh2215 It's a one man's catch-all movement led by an oligarch BabiĆĄ, who is using his immense wealth, media ownership and aggresive populist rhetoric to gain political power.
It is true that during his government, Czech democracy was not in such imminent danger as some like to claim. However, his lies, scandals and constant abuse of dividing topics to earn cheap votes (migration, the EU, and lately Ukraine) mobilized other parties and voters against him.
He then tried to succeed in the presidental election, but failed against the government-endorsed candidate Petr Pavel.
in which party is your current leader, petr pavel?
@@TheDarkCeratosaurus Independent. He is a former NATO general who was endorsed, but not nominated by several government parties. He was one of the candidates nominated by citizens (you need 50 000 people to sign your petition).
The poll dynamics are very common for the most western countries, with the populus permanently critical and unsatisfied: In the midterm the opposition scores much better, often wins elections and the entire system is paralyzed. And so it goes. Only Italians do it differently and change government faster that you change bed sheets. So to answer your headline: The Government is not failing any more than usual.
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German guy here: Sorry, but the concept of a "midterm election" is something uniquely American, we don't have anything comparable in Germany. The only thing that can be be thought of somewhat similar is that each of our 16 states has elections for their state governments once every few years (but not all states at the same time), and the parties that can be elected in the state elections are typically (but not always) the same as in the federal elections, so if a state government changes after an election in this state, it can make life easier or harder for the federal government. But the big difference is that these state elections are distributed through the years, they are not synchronized, and are not (or only seldomly) in the middle of a federal election cycle.
So, it's a very different system. Also, a party can be part of the governing coalition on a federal level, but be part of the opposition in some states at the same time. Also, not each party is even present in every state, for example, the CSU exists only in Bavaria, and nowhere else. The CDU on the other hand is present in every state but Bavaria. I also don't understand how and why this makes sense, but Germany is a complex place.
But the one benefit of our system is that a party can't talk and act like the other parties are evil and should never be trusted, since you can never know which other parties will be part of your coalition at some point in time. This keeps the debates more civilized and the country less divided.
Fun fact: Yes, it can even happen that a party splits into two, or two parties merge completely, both has already happened in the past. It is perfectly acceptable.
@@rolfviehmann6240 a German saying "fun fact" is a fun fact in itself
@@rolfviehmann6240 "But the one benefit of our system is that a party can't talk and act like the other parties are evil and should never be trusted, since you can never know which other parties will be part of your coalition at some point in time. This keeps the debates more civilized and the country less divided."
Do you even remember the Thuringia elections?
That is not true. Under Merkel we had a very long period of stability, and while there were certainly dissatisfactions here and there with their government, they were overall stable in polling in the long run. At least, until Merkel decided to unilaterally open up Europe's borders, inviting unprecedented volumes of migrants into the block while not even being voted into office by any other member of the block except Germany.
This is the worst Government we ever had.
Lol, CDU/SPD was way worse, i have the feeling people like you have no idea what the current government managed to change in their short amount of time. Especially compared to the Merkel Government we are in light speed mode. And this while there is a war in europe, the first clearly visible effects of climate changes can be seen in europe, and coming out of a pandemic and the related financial hit etc. The laws and regulations they passed are setting a good foundation for our future, speeding up and reducing german beurocratic processes to build infrastructure, digitalization (even though that one should be developed a bit faster still), improvements of our military with Pastorius being quite a good minister of defense and especially I feel fhat this is the first time we have a government that atleast somewhat listens to scientific research and evidence.
That being said there still happens a bunch of stuff I don't really like - but waay better than everything I have seen in the last 20 years, just look at our bridges, the Deutsche Bahn, privatisation of Hospitals, the Bundeswehr and all the other things that were financially starved to death - its all presented to us by mainly the CDU and in some parts the SPD over the last decades.
Because it more socalist
CDU was lucky to not be in government for the crisis times in the economy worldwide situation and they can blame the bad situation as bad leadership of SPD meanwhile the greens are in the government during the rollout of the greatest expansion of coal since the existence of the party ( what they would have said if they were still opposition i wonder ? ) , FDP is in government when most german heavy industry is either shutting down or moving out of country. i wonder why they do so bad?
But to be fair a part of the reason the cost of living crisis is hitting Germany so hard is because the CDU spearheaded a policy of energy dependence on Russia instead of spending that time looking for alternatives. Then again, the Green Party calls themselves "green" but they lobby for nuclear power to be exempt from the EU's green subsidies; being picky about renewable energy despite going through a cost of living crisis.
What? Like the CDU was not in power during the financial crisis of the 00's or the Greek debt crisis.
@@todortodorov940 did CDU not lose to SPD in 2002 ?
@@kaanboztepe Yes, they did. The events I mentioned took place after the 2002 election, and after the 2005 election, where CDU regained power.
the CDU wanted a balance of nuclear and reneawables and gas
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then the greens and SPD pushed them to abandon nuclear
Extending the life of nuclear reactors is probably the greenest thing you can do. If Bild tried to spin that negatively, then it was probably not an honest article they wrote about it.
not quite.
The reactors were at the end of their lifetime without major overhauls, wich would take them offline for 6-12 months each.
Also due to the CDU and FDP made law of nuclear exit, there was no more fuel ordered and employee contracts were not prolonged.
Fuel orders take around 12-18 months for delivery of fuel rod assemblys to be delivered.
Then there is the problem that the staff had already planned their careers after the nuclear exit and have new jobs etc.
You cant run a nuclear reactor without fuel or staff.
And the continuation for 3 months beyond the deadline cost the german taxpayer about 3 billion âŹ. not really cost effective nor sustainable.
Also 40% of german nuclear fuel is imported from russia (the same with every EU country and UK)
And of the remaining 60%, the half is imported from stable regions like Niger in the Sahel Zone, where jihadist terrorists afiliated to ISIS gain more and more power since 2010.
Its just no option.
@@zhufortheimpaler4041 you tell a lot of lies and you justify mistakes with more mistakes. Germany's initial mistake was precisely to interrupt nuclear energy from the very beginning. The truth is as of today Germany has the worst energy policies in Europe. Luckily most European nations don't want to make the same mistakes as the German government and the pro-nuclear coalition is bigger than the German-led pro-coal breakfast.
@@zhufortheimpaler4041 this hoax is still going strong. wow, people really do forget fast. it was the red-green coalition of 2002 who put nuclear exit into legislation, not black-yellow
Mate, you dont know the german Greens.
I dont know what their problem is, but many in this party would rather see coal power than nuclear power (and thats exactly what they pushed thrue)
@@flolow6804 and that is not correct.
The german greens are forced to increase coal power, because the previous conservative governments massively increased dependency on russian gas.
they didnt shut down the nuclear powerplants, but only enacted legislation that was already set in stone before they came to power.
the decision to continue using nuclear power in germany would have required a 3/4 majority in parliament to change the relevant law and that decision would have needed to be done in 2018-2020. Before the current government came to power.
5:33 god forbid the German government does something reasonable and responsible
I love it when my one neighbour informs me about the other đâ€
The current government has to tackle problems the CDU caused
And they still vote them again đ€Š
Exactly. The problem is that the majority of voters is dumber than a box of rocks.
The majority of voters seem to suffer from dementia or they are simply stupid
I dont like the CDU and there 16 years in power were a disaster. But you are totaly ignoring the fact that of those 16 years the CDU governt 12 years with the SPD
FINALLY - god thx someone who can see through this.
@@jhp1045 FDP and SPD are in part to blame as well, tho for some reason the greens seem to receive most of the hate
German politics are politics of appearences...we do something now to appear "virtuous" and think later if it actually is and how it works out.
well, common trend in EU or at least in Finland. Center-Left => Center-Right => Center-Left
Yeah but weâll have to see if it tips.. AfD is not center right but far right and right now we only have 2 opposition parties that are both conservative and make everything seem like the end of the world
I am not sure if its because I am growing older and have more experience with society in general or if they are actually really really bad because its the first time I am noticing very bad governing.
No it's really that bad.
They make policies against our biggest income sources, the industry, and then they try to micromanage into people's life's like crazy. Pair this with ideological retardation and incompetence on a personal level of many members our government, no real plan to provide young people the ability to build something up and create a prosperous life and families. No they get taxed into submission, inflation and housing prices will give them the rest. Bye bye German future.
Inform yourself about Japan's lost generation, that's what's upon us. A generation of young people without prospects to ever have a prosperous life and a family. Depression will skyrocket, suicide will skyrocket and poverty will skyrocket, and the greens will try to save the world while destroying the future of their own countrymen.
Germany has in reality 3 chancellors who have different interests. There is no unified goal. How can you run a country like this?
Don't forget the 1 president that does literally nothing. You never hear them or see them. Half my life I didn't even know we had something like a president in Germany until someone said it and I was so confused.
They are corrupt and incompetent at the same time. That's their "set of circumstances".
Populist BS
Nothing has gone wrong. It is completely normal and should not surprise anyone that a war and the sudden loss of Russian energy supplies cause a "bit" of turmoil in a mostly conservative society. The traffic light coalition is doing a good job overall, and heated discussions between three such different parties would be expected even in calmer times. All three parties are reasonable and professional enough to find the best compromises in the end. Now is a difficult moment, because many of the reforms have been passed, but their effects are not yet visible - only the first birth pangs of change, but not the long-term benefits. For my part, I am absolutely sure that it will work out well and that Germany will be stronger after the crisis than before - as always. đ€Ș
delusional
- Almost 15,000 corporate bankruptcies since the start of the Ukraine war
- Highest inflation for 40 years, highest food prices for 50 years
- 40% of Germans living paycheck to paycheck
- 1000 protest since April
- 70% have an unfavourable view of the EU
- Several large companies have had to initiate production cuts since March
- 37,000 layoffs in the last 3 months alone
- Prices for natural gas have increased by 50% since the start of the year
- Shortage of diesel fuel
- The richest 1% own 35% of all the nations wealth.
- 50% of Germans only own around 11% of the total wealth in Germany
This is the natural conclusion of secular liberalism - self destruction and endless chasing of more and more worldly gain by the elites, all whilst their own people are subjugated.
And thatâs not even including the impending demographic disaster, the working age has already dropped to 64% of the total population as of 2021
Yeah I like their cooperation.
There's a lot of loud screaming voices, but I think compromise and consensus will always lead to a more fair, happy and prosperous society.
Well sort of, not always, but you hopefully agree with the spirit of what i mean.
I'm particularly happy about the measured approach, and changing course when necessary, very professional. If we had a populist leadership it would be screaming tossing and turning.
But when all these thing happen in England it's the end of the world huh
Everyone her talks about the problems actually existing since 16 years, altough this is true the problem is actually that this governemnt still insists on making even more problems ( Heizungsgesetz for example)
Brexit....
We blame everything in the UK on it regardless if its true, might aswell blame everything in Germany on it too.
Good video but you made a very big mistake by labeling âextending the life of nuclear reactorsâ as a ânot so greenâ policy, given the fact that nuclear is probably the greenest of all energy sources
Yeah, but for some reason a lot of these "green" parties and their supporters see nuclear in a negative light and don't consider them "real" green alternatives. They actually tend to be fairly hostile.
Doesn't make any logical sense, but fear of nuclear energy is a massive roadblock to a sustainable energy future. Not just for Germany but the whole world.
Itâs just that the Greens party over there was founded in opposition to nuclear
Doesnât mean that they donât want to transition out of coal - they still want to speed up Germanyâs transition
But in the very short term, wellâŠ
that is not the perception in germany though
the green movement here has strong roots in anti-nuclear ideals which overwrite low-carbon ideals for most of them sadly
For a long time the core of the Green party Anti-nuclear and anti-war. CO2-neutrality becoming the single most important issue is a more recent shift.
There've certainly been screw ups but still the coalition, importantly:
1. Has overcome the general idea that Germany must never rearm to support Ukraine with military aid;
2. Has successfully transitioned away from being highly dependent on Russian fossil fuels;
3. Is currently drafting a law (expected to be passed by the end of summer) to reform the citizenship laws for foreigners seeking to acquire a German passport.
Considering the CDU's approach of favouring trade and diplomatic ties with Russia under Merkel and the criticism the CDU has of the proposed reforms, I personally still prefer the Greens over the CDU. It will be interesting to see to what extent the new citizens under the citizenship reforms feel the same.
There is one other thing: Germany want people to come to their country. They don't have a great birthrate so they take opportunity. Yes there is a cost of producing arms but, they see this as an investment to gain population. Poor population who will benefit their falling economy. So they don't have anything to lose. Policitians don't give a shit about Ukrainians, they see only money. And they also want more war btw to win more population. If Russia win, they will have immigration. If Russia lose, they will gain popularity and credibility.
Politics.
4:46 was funny and uncomfortable moment
Well, some people actually blame the government for failing to change the gravitational constant of the universe.
What might that gravitational constant be, exactly? the Green's and SPD's own sheer incompetence?
@@greyghost2492 To which SPD and green voters are going to reply:"The incompetence of allying with the most useless party in the parliament". This is really not helpful.
American believe they have a God given right to be fat, dumb and happy
Since when is closing nuclear power plants and being a p*ssy to Russia the "gravitational constant of the universe"? You've just elected a really bad government, with one of the most corrupted parties in whole Europe in charge, and now you're trying to cope.
And some support it no matter what. What is your point
Man it's almost like taxing the top less makes everything worse or something.
? What are you talking about blud
They've been quite unlucky. Exactly when they gained power they've had to do what goes against their ideals
Or incompetent. In contrast, Merkel in her 3 terms as Chancellor had to cope with the financial crisis of the late 00's, with the Greek debt crisis, with the influx of immigrants to Europe (one issue where she misjudged the electorate's opinion), with the turbulence of Brexit. And she was in a coalition government as well, not making live easier.
More leftist dictatorship? đ
Merkel is competent but I don't think her successors are
@@todortodorov940 the parties in power now are against war and big spending, but then covid and war. Merkel didn't have to go against what she stood for to deal with those. She didn't misjudge, she wanted more cheap labor in Germany, which is one of the main forces why Germany has a better performing economy than most other European countries
â@@tomlxyz If your political position is "let's be a russian p*ssy" then it's your problem. If someone's ideology is stupid and incompetent, then he is stupid and incompetent too.
Canât lie, seeing the FDP getting their asses kicked makes me happy.
As for the greens, when your view on energy is to close nuclear plants and keep coal and gas plants⊠you are as green as a ripe tomato
The decision to close nuclear power plants was made years ago, not by the current government. They just finished off a process that was already almost done. Germany was already way to deep into de denuclearization to make a U-turn.
building new ones isn't an option, and the decision stands for more than 10 years now. they turned off 3 nuclear power plants now, which were the last and the effect was irrelevant
the decision to close nuclear was made in 2011, none of the reactors would have been able to keep running for a serious amount of time
Iâm not talking about building new ones, although I think that would be a good ideaâŠ
Iâm talking about refurbishment of the ones that were still open. The 3 plants could supply roughly 10.5 million houses, thatâs about 1/4 of all Germany, hardly insignificant.
Although the decision was made, it could have been reversed and it wasnât.
The attitude of the Greens (all of them, not just in Germany) towards nuclear power is something I will never understand given the current state of affairs. 20y ago there was hope of solving the emissions problem in the correct way, now there is no hope aside from killing the profits generated by fossil fuels and nuclear could do that. Is it the best option? Of course not, but desperate timesâŠ
They could have build new reactors and participate to an atomic energy union with France as it was at the creation of the European Community. Merkel refused after Fukushima and see are we today ⊠total failure from the German gouvernements âŠ
the spd and greens are a joke of a party
You misspelled CDU and AFD.
@@alex30425 afd are a joke
Good video. These videos save time because I don't have to watch the daily bickering on the news.
"is the german government failing?" - TLDR; yes.
Can't fail fast enough.
Nope they aren't failing. Not more than any other government in Germany before. We don't have high amounts of poverty, unemployment or anything else. We just have angry white dudes from East Germany scared of.. I don't know everything?
Scholzomatic is back at it again.
Can't believe we elected this uncharismatic robot as chancelor
as a german i am embarrassed, scared, and ready for revolution
I do love judging other peoples democratic choices.
Welcome to democracy.
That's what Germany has been doing for the last 20 years, so now the tables have turned.
No word on one of the most important matters, out of control immigration
because if you openly talk about it being a problem you're immidiately a nazi
Tldr needs to talk about Ecosia they are a search engine that plants trees
Olaf Scholz won't last. He'll be a one term chancellor.
Can someone who is German/living in Germany explain why people dislike the FDP? In theory I agree with their policies but everyone seems to complain about them
Because they do not agree with their policies. Simple as. People seem to want more government spending, more government restriction in the economy.
There are a few resons: the leftists see them as rich elites that are against there policies.
The centre and the right sees them as spineless because they fold when push comes to shuff (2018 would be an exaption). They are generally seen as very opportunistic and out of touch.
Because the FDP has been blocking many policies, it took much time to get any change at all. They've been rarely more than a small annoying party, which exclusively wanted the best for their 10-5%, combined with a "Let the market solve it" approach.
They are basically the opposition within the coalition. The only thing you hear about them are car-centric policys (e.g. creating more parking space in citys and expanding the highway system) and blocking proposals and activly badmouthing their coalition partners
In practice, their policies are a big bunch of nothing. They are repeating mantras and being unhelpful at best when it comes to actual decisions.
5:32
nuclear is literally the best option for green energy.
Itâs not. Would it be nice for the next 5 years to transition to renewables? Yes. But what would be needed for that? New Nuclear power plants that should have started construction in 2016 so they can be used now.
Nuclear power plants are expensive and take a long time to build so since we didnât build any new ones in the 2010s itâs spilled milk and no point in crying about it. Now we need a quick transition to renewables and storage capabilities for it
@@ja_u yes, let europe rely MORE on coal, germany really leading the way on imports on russian oil and smoggy coal power, a green energy superpower. France hates green energy so much they have almost totally transitioned away from oil... wait.
Nuclear energy is far from being green. It was only put into the green energy list, because France pressured the EU to do it.
Building a Nuclear Power Plant consumes so much concrete and other material, that this alone emits huge amounts of CO2.
And storing the nuclear waste cant be considered green either since we are litterally creating pollution for generations to come.
By the way, do you know who France gets most of its Uranium from?
Putler.
Short answer: everything
Itâs crazy how the Berlin Wall stil divides Germany culturally (edit: i meant east and west germany i know the wall didn't divide germany but still the wall was a metaphorical divide)
Do you mean the inner German border?
Itâs very funny how many people think the border of West and East Germany ran through Berlin
Well. Its a Curse and a Blessing.
This mix of Culture is the Reason why Germany managed to have a Socialist Capitalism which provides a very Strong Capitalist Economy while still maintaining a Strong Social Welfare Society.
But it also means that there is always a Big Tug of War between the People that want to Pull towards Full Socialism or Full Capitalism.
@@Zzzooooppp Well, thats because it also was through Berlin. Look at a map of divided Germany and you see, Westberlin was an enclave of Westgermany. Therefore there were in a sense two wall. One between both states and one around the enclave of Westberlin
â@@Zzzooooppp maybe he means it more metaphorically
This is a perfect example of why coalition works
I know this is not the right place to make this request, but please consider making a video on Indian political scenario specially considering the fact that a major general elections are coming up next year- something that could affect the geopolitical dynamics of the whole South East Asian region.
Keep up the good work, guys! Love from India.đ
i think it wont be on this channel, but on the tldr news world channel
there isn't much to report. BJP would win again. Modi will get his 3rd term. Although this time I think he will win barely and not by a landslide like 2019.
Indian politics is just people hating each other who look the same đ
When do Indians learn that western society does not care about India? It has nothing to do with our culture. India is a terribly overpopulated country and suffers from human right violations, oppression of women, oppression of religious freedom and so much more. We do not care about you. Stop making us care about you
What I find facinating, is how well the CDU or some of it's voters manage to disconnect, the laws the head of European commission is writing in Brussel.. "european green deal" and raging at home against the greens. the law proposed now is just mostly a good measure to do homework before some EU-laws come to pass. The other thing, is it's likely better for all parties involved to get the unpopular things things done before 24, usually voters forget in 18 month. That was likely one of Schröders faults, 18 years ago.
0:11 FYI The flower within the logo of the greens is yellow not white.
I'm from NL and didn't know Germany had comparatively so few parties. I thought their system was a lot more similar to ours.
We do have a lot of parties, but only 6 of them are big enough to enter the Bundestag, because of the 5% rule.
The green scammers are same leftards yes.
There are some differences, but yeah, it used to be. Before Dutch politics borked itself.
We used to have about the same number of serious contender parties, until the decline of the CDA (our CDU) and the PVDA (more or less our SPD) in the 2010's.
Wait what's NL? /gen
@@hape3862 immer ist irgendwo ein Augsburger zu finden đđđ
For context: I'm pretty happy with the government right now. I actually think it is working well, except for taking a bit too much time for laws and decisions.
You can see two general human problems: Short term thinking and missing causality/search for simple solutions.
Most people don't bother to think about things that were more than a year ago, and how those things changed/will change in the future. It is just about seeing how good/bad they are doing right now. Usually, you need to take some or a lot of time to understand things properly to even make a decision that has at least some logical reasoning. (Im talking multiple hours, not just one video or so.) That's because you need to see things from multiple perspectives and try to understand different connections and points of view.
Secondly, things in the current time are so intertwined, you can't really grasp how everything is working and what is causing the things that borrow you the most. At a certain point, you need to accept: you won't be able to get a better view of a situation, so you simply need to trust some experts (real experts and not just one) to handle things.
I think it's really stupid to take political decisions short term. Most laws passed by parliament today only have an effect in one to two years, showing their real effect on economics, climate, social balance, etc. another one to two or even more years later. One should vote on the party's program and trust that they are capable to translate at least some of it into laws and politics. It's irrational to think, they can do all they want to do or get everything correct instantly. (You also do not want to get fired if you are not doing things perfectly.) Not to say that there are some decisions not to take, but always keep in mind: It can always get worse!
đ Dude in the long run there won't be a Germany if they keep going like this. How is destroying our energy sector, our industrial capabilities helping us in the long run?
I wish I could have such strong copium as you my man đ!
The world is in a general recession. Most economies are shrinking. It's a very normal cycle returning about every 5 years...
Scrapping nuclear, Carbon fanaticism, Covid fascism and militaristic adventurism. yeah, what went wrong?
Still better than another CDU term.
As an outsider, Iâd rather the CDU if theyâre more pro Ukraine and less American dependent.
@@gameofender4463 but they are neither of both
@@ainzsama5101 CDU is more pro-Ukraine than SPD tho
@@JIinuX Thatâs enough for me. The most important issue is Ukraine. Germany, as the largest economy in Europe. Shouldnât of been dependent on Russia in the first place. And now it should be unbound in using its economic might to arm Ukraine with everything it needs.
Yeah sure. The only group the country that pays all the taxes, works, has children, etc. Without the CDU and its voters, Germany would look like Romania.
Typical "green" voter.....
- nuclear bad
- oil bad.... better use solar. What? I need to pay more for power? Then no, I don't like it any more.
Solar is cheaper though, it just needs to be built and managed
Typical conservative voter. Doesnât know anything about economics or the fact that solar is cheaper than oil
we aren't that bad generally speaking tho I have to agree that the whole nuclear thing we (and germans as a whole) seem to have going on is pretty silly.
Solar power is not more expensive than nuclear.
Die GrĂŒnen sind komplett irrelevant, da ihre Hauptplattform bereits in anderen Parteien vorhanden sind, und die Linken es sogar noch radikaler vorhaben, da sie eine tatsĂ€chliche Ideologie besitzen, welche nicht der Opportunismus ist.
The greens an the war loving is the problem
My utlity cost went up 120⏠đ for 27m2 I now have to pay more for utilities than rent.
What? You either live in the deep East German forest and your rent is non existent or there is a leak in your apartment and itâs constantly increasing your water bill
That's not the government fault and the prices are almost the same as pre crisis. Also where the fuck did you get rent so cheap? For 27qm I pay at least 400⏠in my small city.
â@@theerhatheerha8780 what the fuck HAHAHAHAH. The taxes haven't been raised for a while, especially not in the last years. The current government even LOWERED the tax on energy from 19% to 7%. If you're German: stop lying. If not.. don't talk about shit you have no clue about. But yeah. Always blame the government first instead of your landlord.
Our current government is constantly doing things we as the people arnt supporting widly. We never wanted to sent these huge amounts of money to Ukraine and roundly 80 to 90% of people dont want weapons to get shipped too. And this is only 1 thing ... i could go on with thousand of things our goverment does what we dont want them to do!
Didn't expect to find a pro-Russian "pacifist" here lol
@@_jpg Oh a pacifist thats true, but i am not pro russian - im pro money and logic. To send nearly a Billion to the Ukraine while it gets constantly destroyed is from a logical perspective stupid. Sending payments to rebuild a broken, destroyed and hurt city, town or state - that i support but we dont want to send money WHILE war is raging, it would not help the people, it would only fuel the war more. And the no-weapons part ; also fuel to the war machine.
@@Theodor_Bockemuehl Being "pacifist" is pro-Russian under the current conditions. If we would have peace just now, Russia would still hold a chunk of Ukraine's territory, which would lead to the conclusion, that attacking neighbouring countries pays off for them.
If you stop supporting Ukraine now, the war won't stop sooner, but most likely develop a standoff, setting up a new Cold War situation in Europe.
@@_jpg I can see your point, and i can respect your opinion. But we germans voted so many times that we dont want this. I know this sounds harsh but right now we get destroyed by our own country. We dont want them to destroy this country but they do it nonetheless.. our hopes are nothing worth in germany, because we cant change anything, they hold every power and we nothing. Germany is a dead shell walking. Therefore i personally dont want them (goverment) to give everything to others, because we need it too. (the money and weapons)
â@@Theodor_Bockemuehl Ukraine won't surrender. Not giving weapons would prolong the war. If Russia would get weapon deliveries too THAT would prolong the war. But we're backing only one side. Peace talks are pretty pointless when Russia ignores the agreements anyway and still has the delusion that it can take over Ukraine.
The fastest way to end this war is by showing Putin that everyone is against him and he has no chance. Putin is the only person who can end this war quickly and unfortunately strength is the only language he seems to respect.
FDPs stated goal is to "frustrate green voters".
There are needed reform bills ready but lying around because blockade is the goal.
I'm starting to see a worrying shift in TLDR editorial lines. A little less balanced than before, and a little more Putinesque and Anti-EU perhaps? At least the video thumbnail is clickbait AF. No, the germany government has not failed. Or is this just confirmation bias on my end? Hmmmm.
Congrats to Sonneberg
Its always nice to see greens lose popularity.
It's always nice to see our climate heat up on an earth I will have to live on for another 80+ years - wait...
@@jan-lukas Yeah bro tell me why all atomic reactors in germany are shut down? Because of the greens, you see it is very eco friendly according to them to get electricity with coal instead of green reactors. More power to the greens, the warmer planet gets.
Fact is Germany has to learn to form coalition governments with three instead of comfortable mere two parties. The current government will continue to rule till the end of the current legislature. The CDU has so far nothing to offer except being opposed to everything. Nobody wants the AFD to get into government and nobody wants a grand coalition.
It really didn't help that the current government needed the FDP for the coalition to exist. There are too many conservatives in the German parliament for any meaningful progression.
but they will rather choose grand coalition over AFD.
It's almost as if, when you neglect to adress issues for decades and just hope it works out, and then it doesn't... fixing that is hard and takes time and will suck. Regardless of whos in charge đ
The CDU were in coalition and while in power, they ensured economic stability in Germany - not something I can say about the current government.
@@todortodorov940 We have been in economic decline long before that
Me, an American: Hmm interesting.
Yes!
Germans love stability thats why Merkel stayed in power for 16 years and did nothing really special. The Germany she inherited in 2004 is the same it is today and the new government set themselves up to finally bring much needed reform and progress but that unfortunately also means lesser stability.
I think Merkel was a wonderful Chancellor in times of crisis and her contribution to saving Europe as we know it can't be understated but her policies regarding energysupply and environmental protection were horrible and even less than not enough.
And look where we are now with "environmental protection" under the Greens. Closed nuclear power stations only to replace then with brown-coal burning ones.
A big issue was that Merkel while actually privately supporting reforms was very scared of loosing power. So whenever she proposed large reforms (and her poll ratings backpedaled again) she went âitâs okay sweet German voter, the future isnât realâ. While I donât really like that she did that I donât presume to know the solution of how to avoid needing to do that without loosing power. But itâs just sad to think about what Germany could be like today if the political climate had allowed her to act more boldly.
She flooded germany with millions of migrants. How is that good
I wouldn't call welcoming in millions of often-violent/rapacious economic migrants into Europe under the guise of a "Syrian refugee crisis" wonderful lol
Under her she let German security rust away and let the US take it over.
She let German industry become very reliant on China. Which to be fair many nations have done.
And as you mentioned her energy policies
Nuclear not that green? đ it is the greenest option for Germany lol
No that would be wind. Germany is third in the world in total installed wind power capacity while they are second in offshore wind. They also have biomass. Nuclear isn't renewable.
@@franzjoseph1837 Itâs still green.
@@UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana yes a dangerous radioactive green. We don't have anyway to recycle nuclear waste without incurring large expenses and our only solution for storage is digging deeper and deeper holes to put it in. I think non radioactive solutions should be the priority.
@@franzjoseph1837 You say that as if it is not a perfectly okay đ solution.
In the time Germany could build new nuclear power plants OR completely overhaul the old ones, we could have so many renewables built that no one cares about nuclear - but NAH let's always say we do need nuclear.
15 years ago it would've been a different story, back then you could've still changed the political decisions. But now is sadly to late
We sowed failure for the last 8 years, and now its almost harvesting season xD
For me as a german it is alwayse funny that the people vote spd and then when they are not happy they vote cdu and than again spd. They alwayse choose the same and think something new will happen.
Germany has been on a slow downfall for the last 20 years and everyone who tried to tell the public about this immediately got called a nazi or a conspiracy theorist.
Our wealthiest generation didn't get enough kids, now we face a demographic apocalypse. Germany is over with the extreme economic pressure on the ever getting smaller percentage of young people they will not have kids and families of their own and the smart ones will leave the country for better prospects. I am really thinking about it aswell. There's no future for young people who want to build something up here. Germany has no concept for the future. It's dead already.
@@Gaphalor I feel you. We are a hard-working family and recently got a kid, but I see little hope for Germany over the next decades unless a harsh course correction is undertaken. I'm seriously considering moving to Austria to my relatives, they still value their own roots and history.
@@Gaphalor just curious, what is it that Germany doesnât have anymore and what country still has âa futureâ? I mean you seem convinced so you must have this info and examples to show it?
@@teldrahlmao what is different in Austria? You get 5 more days of vacation, ok. And what else? Is it ânational identityâ? Whatâs missing?
@@ja_u social cohesion, sense of belonging, affordable housing and food, cleanliness, a government which doesn't treat its people as serfs only needed to be wrung dry, a core demographic, sovereignty etc.
Not gonna lie Germany right now feels like they are on their weakest. They are too slow to adapt on the crisis, they are usually going with the safe but clearly bad choice (coil over nuclear is the best example), they are advocating for a service based European Union instead of an independent economic influential power.
Damn as a German I agree our government clearly is not doing good here
1) nuclear wasn't the decision of the current government
2) the current government has a european federation in its Koalitionsvertrag, so no idea what you're saying with that
decision to scrap nuclear was made ages ago by conservatives and what is independent economic powereven suposed to mean? Yeah as we see it works really well to make your contry dependent on others so they can have leverage over your economyđ
@@homeape. you can reverse what prior governments have decided, so thats not an argument lol
â@@felixmustermann790 thats what they have been doing.
Everything!
*Too much reliance on China đšđł*
*and Russia đ·đș*
That attitude started with Gerhard Schröder though - not the SPD chancellor, but the CDU foreign minister under Adenauer. He pushed for closer economic relations with the Soviet Union, setting up commercial agencies in nearly every Eastern Block state.
why is at 5:31 Nulcear energy put in the same category as fossil energy?
its even considered "green" by EU definitions
Nuclear power plants take years to build and cost billions, look at France.
We didnât build any new nuclear power plants in the mid 2010s like 2016 which would be done and operational now in 2023 so itâs pointless to cry about it. Even if the Ampel decided to build new ones in 2021, we would maybe be starting construction now.
Itâs so fucking pointless to cry about it when nuclear power has been slowly phased out since the 80s.. we had a lot of time to turn around but itâs been decades in the making, complaining now does NOTHING. Suddenly everyone cares about nuclear, where weâre you in 2016? Where were you in 2000? Where were you in fucking 1990?? Ok so stfu
Besides, if we can transform to renewables instead, itâs much cheaper and more future proof anyway. Look at France, their nuclear plants are on average almost 40 years old, they need to now cough up billions and billions to build new ones that will be maybe operational when the average plant is 50 years old
Nuclear energy is far from being green. It was only put into the green energy list, because France pressured the EU to do it.
Building a Nuclear Power Plant consumes so much concrete and other material, that this alone emits huge amounts of CO2.
And storing the nuclear waste cant be considered green either since we are litterally creating pollution for generations to come.
I don't care what ANYONE says, Scholz has done an AMAZING job in such a small time frame while changing Germany's defense posture to providing lethal aid, helping set up Ukraine's recovery and Marshall plan, being a huge supporter of finanical aid, upgrading their military, donating weapons that have long been a hard no and working hand in hand with allies and partners to help Ukraine while strategically decoupling from China. Then of course you have them passing subsidizes to help w energy rates while they have reversed DECADES of bad decisions by being subjugated to Putin's blood money. The germans rapidly built up storage prior to the winter, cut 15% of their energy use while they created floating terminals, increased storage capacity, subverted Russian energy by resourcing elsewhere becoming no longer reliant on Russian energy, increased it's green initiatives to continue phasing out fossil fuels which has helped boost jobs and will ensure its economy is in a better position then many countries... reversing decades of bad decisions in less than a YEAR. You can say whatever you want but Germany is emerging and I am proud of our allie. How about you maybe talk about the french rat Macron for once? That doltish pig is a two faced appeasing hypocrite. Germany has made HUGE STRIDES IN A VERY, VERY QUICK TIME LINE and they deserve credit where it's due. I support Scholz and our German allies and I am more than happy to see them stepping out as European leaders. Are they perfect? No. Have they've done everything we want or think they should on the time line we want it? No but they always get there and at the end of the day, THAT IS WHAT MATTERS as is thinking objectively and taking time to analyze and make decisions that can impact generations to come. Thank you Germany for being an amazing partner and allie, fk anyone who questions your motives or your alliances, Germany is a huge player in support to Ukraine, they are a large part of the training, maintenance and logistics that have kept Ukraine's military equipment being fixed, they helped Ukraine keep their infrastructure being repaired when Russia used most of it's missiles on it's energy and infrastructure. They supplied the resources, equipment, generator and in fact are a large supplier of Diesel to Ukraine. I could go on and on but the point is simple, Germany is a great allie and have done monumental things for the future of its citizens and country while continuing to be a vital allie.
So just because he supports Ukraine he has done an amazing job? I assume from your reaction you are Ukrainian but just because he supports Ukraine doesnt mean he is doing a good job
Lmao you are talking about him as if he had to govern Ukraine and not Germany
â@@rickootje In Germany there is quite a large resistance to the idea that Germany should send lethal aid, as there's the overwhelming idea that Germany's foreign policy ought to focus on trade and diplomacy rather than getting involved in armed conflicts. Unfortunately, in 2023 Germany's previous policy towards Russia just looks naive, so to even make the somewhat unpopular decision to support Ukraine was a political risk. As I see it, it represents something of a 180 in Germany's foreign policy to date, and so even as a non-ukrainian in Germany, I respect the coalition's decision to support Ukraine. I'm not convinced the CDU would have done the same.
@@rickootje actually I'm an American with German and Irish ancestry with many German friends and immediate family members that live there and ones I see several times a year. They might not LOVE everything that Scholz does but they support MANY OF HIS DECISIONS AND WHERE GERMANY IS HEADED and in all fairness NO ONE IS HAPPY ABOUT EVERYTHING A POLITICIAN does and doesn't do. If you look at the abundance of ridiculous polarization and fkng cultural wars transpiring in the U.S. I'd say Germany has it's shit together much better than our own. Additionally, Scholz has done MUCH more than "just help Ukraine" and it makes me question what kind of NARRATIVE you're attempting to spin up. If German's want something different they have every ability to change it but from what I understand from my friends and family members that live there and most voted for green party candidate's, they are pleased with his response to inflation, defense, energy security, some climate issues, the growth of it's manufacturing, military industry, the push towards green energy (not enough in their eyes but still in the right direction), support and aid to Ukraine because it has a direct impact and monumental consequences to all of Europe and much of the world, growth in jobs, R&D field, trade and geopolitical issues. Most of them would less a quicker cut to ties to China, stronger sanction packages and follow through from the German government, they want a more competitive answer and direction to the U.S.' built back better and inflation reduction act that is and has caused large corporations to move to the U.S. and are causing heaches for Europe in general due to competition. So yah no, but OK "bud"
@@loduke3905 relax i was just saying that in your first comment you only mentioned that he was so great because of his support for Ukraine
The FDP lost most because they suck the most, but they always try to deflect their behaviour and blame the other parties. Its so annoying
Talk about Spain đȘđž please!!
Hello bro
It doesn't matter which party. Any party is underdelivering. It's almost like in the US. That's why it's swinging back and forth between the left and right parties... I guess the real culprit is the federal structure and bureaucracy hindering any progress.
The US don't have a left party, *they have a center-right party that they call 'left'* and a far-right party for more then 50 years. Which is why their country haven't see major changes for the positive for just about that long. They have stalled and crippled. The German government is different in that despite having a center-left party leading, it's coalition existence depended on a center-right party. Which means no matter what they want, their own coalition is going to stop it.
Be it center-right or right-wing. Their instinct is always to stop positive changes happening, they are all about conserving the status quo. It has nothing to do with federal structure or bureaucracy. It has to do with having too many opposition to stop you even when you are in power because there are always too many conservatives around.
So when is Germany going to take the green shift seriously by building new nuclear reactors and scrapping their coal power plants?
No because the Green Party ist so stupid and braindead. They will never build nuclear reactors ever again. They want renewable energy systems Like wind turbine and solar systems, which will never come nearly as close to nuclear reactors in terms of energy production, cost effectiveness and availability.
Nuclear reactors aren't economically profitable anymore. Everyone call tell you that, especially the big power companies. Just ask French EDF why they are 70 Billion in debt!
current plan is to get rid of all coal power plants by 2038 at the latest. New nuclear reactors are not gonna be built. Hope that helped
@@hape3862 No, but they guarantee energy independence. Something that is very important for a modern economy, and especially an industrial economy like Germany.
@@todortodorov940 "No, but they guarantee energy independence." - Ask France how energy independent they have been last year! (FYI: They got half of their electricity from Germany. The same Germany that - as you know - had enough own trouble with energy supplies at the same time. And yet WE managed to produce enough power for one and a half countries! France only for half a country.)
this is the best government we ever had. its still far from good but comparing it to the last decades i mean it when i say its the best so far
Plus nearly nobody mentions the good things they did:
- reformed Hartz IV to BĂŒrgergeld thus treating people who need the money actually like human beings
- They made the S-bahn more popular and actually helped a little bit reforming it
- And started to reform the military ( eventhough that only happened a couple months ago)
-And they dicriminalized mariuna
@@gegecry and completely started ignoring crimes to the point everyone's scared to leave the house in the evening
sure. a government with amnesia, that can neither talk decent english nor decent german, embarassing us in every possible country, asking the people for an opinion, then ignoring the majority, openly laughing at struggling people, focusing more on migrants than their own people.
corruption scandals left and right, lying to us constantly, faking statistics jesus I could go on...
Yeah best government ever
â@@Au_Ra804Better than Merkel ever was, and the now Russian shill that Germany formerly had as chancellor. Not a high bar tho
Iâm not a fan of the green partyâs usual anti-nuclear stance, wind, solar, tidal, and hydroelectric energy by itself isnât gonna solve our energy needs, we need a strong backbone of safe, clean, and efficient nuclear energy like France.
Is there no thought to be given on the FPD and its business friendly incompatibly with reducing emissions?
It's not incompatible...
The market, given the right incentives, is best in reducing emissions themselves!
With the emission trades (Emissionshandel) those things that are easy to decarbonise will be decarbonised first, giving the rest of the system time to develop ways to make decarbonising cheaper!
â@@phantomlordmxvi You missed basic economic class. Our environment is a resource. You can use it to dump your trash, gather other resources etc. For a company it's cheaper to just throw their trash into the water instead of dumping it accordingly (Which they do all the time btw). Companies want to make money... How do you make money? Yep by reducing costs. Now you try to argue "but the people can decide". Yes they can. But do the people care or are they able to care enough? They'll buy whatever is cheap and affordable. Many times they don't even have a choice or simply won't care. Rails are more efficient than roads. Why do we have roads? And will cars be less used when "the people just decide"? The free market regulating everything is a lie. Not even Adam Smith believed that. Anarcho-Capitalism is unrealistic and destructive. That's why no country uses that system. If the state doesn't protect you companies will fuck you over. Because that's what they always did. Trusting the economy "regulating itself" is naive and a fairy tale. It never happened. Never will.
@@nieselregen420 Strawman
Just when I started to like the German government. Seems like their naive approach to Russia finally has come to an end.
Just sad that it hit the wrong party.
Also personally I think it would be the best for everyone if the cdu party members would switch to becoming magicians, cuz honestly the trick with which they were able to make 84 milion people think that in 16 weeks the new coalition destroyed the country and not the last 16 years of cdu is just beyond logic .
Better questionn: what did not go wrong? Would also make for a shorter video
Yes just yes