Der deutsche Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz hat im Januar in Davos eine starke Rede gehalten und mit einer für Politiker ungewohnten Ehrlichkeit überrascht. Respekt.
"Wir [Deutschland und die EU] sind zu Weltmeistern der Überregulierung geworden", so Friedrich Merz.
Ja, was soll man dazu noch sagen, sehe ich auch so. Leider erkennt Merz die Probleme sehr gut, kann aber in der großen Koalition keine Reformen beschließen. Zwei ideologisch komplett konträre Parteien sind nämlich im Deutschland im Bundestag, Union und SPD. Brandmauer gegen bürgerliche Mehrheiten.
Ähnliches Situation, vielleicht noch dramatischer in Österreich. In den anderen EU-Ländern auch nicht viel besser.
Was sagt ihr zu Rede von Merz?
German Prime Minister Friedrich Merz at the World Economic Forum 2026, Transcript
Germany and Europe have wasted enormous growth potential through slow reforms and excessive regulation. We will change that. Security and predictability must take precedence over overregulation. Bureaucracy must be reduced substantially.
The single market was created to be the most competitive economic area in the world, but we have become world champions of overregulation. That must end.
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Full speech: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz Delivers Special Address at World Economic Forum 2026
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English
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivered a powerful speech in Davos in January and surprised everyone with a level of honesty unusual for a politician. Kudos.
“We [Germany and the EU] have become world champions of overregulation,” said Friedrich Merz.
Yeah, what else to say? Totally agree. Unfortunately, Merz recognizes the problems very well, but he can’t push through reforms in the grand coalition, neither in Germany, nor in the EU. That’s because two ideologically diametrically opposed parties—the CDU/CSU and the SPD, are in the German parliament (aka Bundestag). Additionally, a firewall against conservative majorities has been erected.
A similar situation, perhaps even more dramatic, in Austria. It’s not much better in the other EU states either.
What do you think of Merz’s speech?