Confusion in politics

CDU opposition leader Friedrich Merz press conference

When will Friedrich Merz become federal chancellor? Source: EPA / CLEMENS BILAN/EPA/AAPImage

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Published 21 March 2025 4:28pm
By Dieter Herrmann/Wolfgang Mueller
Source: SBS


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If you look at Germany from afar, you can get the impression that the country is led by two federal chancellors. Olaf Scholz is still officially in office, but wants to leave and Friedrich Merz, the designated Federal Chancellor, is still working on his governing coalition. The old Bundestag is now making history and is paving the way for taking on hundreds of billions in future debts, largely to rearm the Bundeswehr. How could that happen? Dieter Herrmann, editor-in-chief of WEEK IN AUSTRALIA, comments on what happened.


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