More than half of German voters are so dissatisfied with
Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition government that they want early elections. The decline of Scholz's coalition government also comes as German
Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said that it would take Europe between five and eight years to recover its defensive capacity after disarming itself by sending weapons to Ukraine.
According to a survey by the German newspaper
Bild and
published by Bloomberg on December 16, 59% of Germans would prefer elections for a new parliament in 2024, while 27% oppose such a measure. Regular elections are scheduled for the fall of 2025.
The German government's Advisory Council of Economists, known as the Five Sages, said,
"Germany's current economic development continues to be affected by the energy crisis and the drop in real incomes."
"That's why our annual report this year is titled 'Overcoming weak growth, investing in the future'," said Monika Schnitzer, president of the Five Sages, when handing the document to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in November.
Berlin is currently the worst-performing large developed economy in the world, and the IMF and the European Union predict the German economy will contract this year. According to Euronews, the recession arose from the loss of cheap Russian natural gas because of the sanctions imposed by the European bloc. Due to this, industries felt an unprecedented shock.
Comment: One hilarious moment in the interview, is when they discuss the fact-checking of a satirical article that was published by Babylon Bee. Maybe it was this instant that invited Tucker Carlson to make his comment about CNN in the Tweet announcing the episode, given that the fact-checkers apparently would not put it past the CNN to have just such a washing machine that can spin the news before publication.
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