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Merz Booed During Speech About Social Spending Cuts - The Press United

The chancellor urged workers to see welfare cuts not as a “threat” but as “a big chance” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz was booed and mocked during a speech on Tuesday to one of the country’s biggest trade union groups as he tried to sell his welfare cut plans. Merz has a history of blaming Germany’s […] The post Merz booed during speech about social spending cuts appeared first on The Press United | International News Analysis, Viewpoint.

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After just one year in office, the chancellor has only 13% of the votes: it had never happened to any of his predecessors. Yesterday, the unions filled him with boos when he announced his next moves: pension cuts and a 12-hour workday. “The Germans must make a move.” And whistles down. “We haven't been able to modernize, now we're in the reckoning.” At this point, the roars and the thumbs-down mobs overwhelm the box on which Friedrich Merz is ex…

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At the Federal Congress of the German Trade Union Confederation, Federal Chancellor Merz was treated with whistles and loud shouts. With his appeals for social reforms, the CDU boss barely penetrated the 400 or so DGB delegates.

·Germany
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At the DGB Federal Congress, Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for reforms – including the pension system. The delegates reacted with rejection.

The officials of the German Trade Union Confederation demonstrate their refusal to reform in such a demonstrative way that there is a suspicion that the Chancellor, who struggles to reform, may be more supportive than herself.

·Zürich, Switzerland
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In "My World – My Opinion" Sebastian Vorbach criticizes the action of the DGB against Chancellor Merz. In addition, he takes the intentional salaries in public law and picks up a quirky proposal by Green politician Jette Nietzard.

·Dortmund, Germany
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