this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2026
21 points (100.0% liked)

Europe

6479 readers
67 users here now

Europe

Rules:

  1. All sources allowed. Voting decides what is reliable unless
  2. Articles which have been proven false beyond any doubt may be removed
  3. No personal attacks
  4. Posts in English, translations allowed

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, the guy broke his biggest election promise – no new debt – somehow already before he was officially in charge.
And despite having this extra money, it feels like complete stagnation. He just continually says the lazy workers should be working more, like yeah, man, you did not need to be elected to say that.

Then there's been various scandals, from him saying racist shit to him offending 3 foreign nations on separate occasions. Possibly more, I've lost count.

And in recent weeks, his government has started dismantling our solar industry, just as Iran got attacked and our oil prices jumped quite a bit.
They also seem to not want to back down from those plans, even though that's the second war in recent years that showed how problematic our dependence on foreign nations for fossil fuel is. Like, it really does not feel like this is in anyone's interest, just their lobbyists'.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

Merz is a company man first and foremost, BlackRock is the only constituent he has.