Putin gonna be pootin his pants.
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Merz' party is sending mixed signals right now between being pro-EU, signing off on an enlarged military budget but also two of the negotiants for the coalition treaty suggesting a reopening of Nord Stream and others more or less openly endorsing Trump as well as Merz himself repurposing autocratic tactics like questioning left-wing NGOs.
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I mean, that's where the nukes in Königsberg are aimed at, no?
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Merz' party is sending mixed signals right now between being pro-EU, signing off on an enlarged military budget but also two of the negotiants for the coalition treaty suggesting a reopening of Nord Stream and others more or less openly endorsing Trump as well as Merz himself repurposing autocratic tactics like questioning left-wing NGOs.
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I mean, that's where the nukes in Königsberg are aimed at, no?
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Merz' party is sending mixed signals right now between being pro-EU, signing off on an enlarged military budget but also two of the negotiants for the coalition treaty suggesting a reopening of Nord Stream and others more or less openly endorsing Trump as well as Merz himself repurposing autocratic tactics like questioning left-wing NGOs.
I thin that's just what we call "spinner" and does not represent the party line. I think if you look at the strength of the signals, uncapping safety spending over an amount where reaching anyways is a very fucking strong signal. If they actually spend accordingly which I thin they will do because every single one of those fuckers will find a way to make their hometown benefit from it. Also it's easy to sell as nationalistic/patriotic preventing the usual storms of bullshit around government spending.
The autocratic twist I agree on but not to the degree that it immediately threatens our democracy, maybe by proxy though.
Although I have some criticism on the specifics of the deal it is a very strong sign of strong agency to be able to do this immediately after an election even before the new parliament is constituted. I believe that strong agency is the biggest threat to Russia actually.
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I thin that's just what we call "spinner" and does not represent the party line. I think if you look at the strength of the signals, uncapping safety spending over an amount where reaching anyways is a very fucking strong signal. If they actually spend accordingly which I thin they will do because every single one of those fuckers will find a way to make their hometown benefit from it. Also it's easy to sell as nationalistic/patriotic preventing the usual storms of bullshit around government spending.
The autocratic twist I agree on but not to the degree that it immediately threatens our democracy, maybe by proxy though.
Although I have some criticism on the specifics of the deal it is a very strong sign of strong agency to be able to do this immediately after an election even before the new parliament is constituted. I believe that strong agency is the biggest threat to Russia actually.
I thin[k] that's just what we call "spinner" and does not represent the party line.
No, it's not just random "idiots." Someone just submitted this to !dach: https://www.t-online.de/id_100620746/ (German).
The article makes it clear that there are near-direct personal lines between pro-Nord Stream law firms and Merz. Merz himself is a former lobbyist for BASF, which used to be heavily involved in importing Russian gas through its Wintershall subsidiary.
In addition, corruption will be front and center in the new German government. Merz is a former lobbyist; the projected new minister of agriculture, Felßner, is an agricultural lobbyist; the projected new president of Bundestag, Klöckner, is known for being overly friendly with Nestlé; Spahn is known for having sunk billions into FFP mask deals that included networks close to CxU; Dobrindt started the toll project that was non-compliant with EU regulation and sunk hundreds of millions [...] A bunch of power-hungry asshats that played obstructionist opposition for 3 years, so they could come into power and direct positive cashflows into their own pockets and ruin trust in democratic systems at the same time.
uncapping safety spending over an amount where reaching anyways is a very fucking strong signal
That money and the weapons it buys can be used against anyone, not just Putin. It might just be another vehicle for corruption.
not to the degree that it immediately threatens our democracy
They're always moving the line a little bit, finding out what they can do.
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