Pledges and promises from Friedrich Merz are worth less than pledges and promises from any other politician, this vile character is a serial liar who would sell his own grandmother for a seat at the table and a fistful of dollars.
Merz’ word is worthless. Give it time.
Merz has shown that he will say one thing and then do the exact opposite. He is probably already greasing his bald head at this very moment.
Very good. The whole of Europe should endeavor to wean itself from the US’ protection racket asap.
You are right, but not with this fucking guy in the driver seat.
I don’t know much about Merz but it’s possible to have a politician who is shitty and self-serving, but who still says good things occasionally.
E.g. Boris Johnson. Purely a self-interested politician who has said many stupid things. But one of his views which I liked was his support for Ukraine.
Not that good, the far right nazi party came in second…
By a meagre 2% too
Orthogonal issue.
Is it though? I think both parties align quite well on a lot of issues.
Wasn’t NATO supposed to offer protection?
If you still haven’t noticed, NATO really is mostly an US tool for power projection in Europe and the surrounding areas. It does cosplay as a defensive alliance against Russia, but without the US, there isn’t that much to it. Especially as long as the US is a member and can prevent NATO from actually defending against Russia.
We all know that but it should still be the main actor (NATO) the one who speaks, not its main member. A single member thought should be just ignored legally speaking
