Dispute over Conscription: Now the Chancellor Has to Take Care of Himself

Spiegel

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The grand coalition has tangled itself on the issue of compulsory military service. Especially the SPD is stubborn and makes Germany appear weak.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung

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The black-red coalition once again gives off a chaotic picture, but Friedrich Merz cannot sit out the argument. Who should know better than himself?

Mittelstand Cafe

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And so CDU, CSU and SPD always do the same thing: they drive the shop to the wall without any need. Recent metal damage: pension and compulsory military service. (...) More than ever, it is important to the Chancellor. In the tormenting final phase of the traffic lights, more and more people had longed for this office to be a pragmatist, a gripping manager, a man who has learned how to run a company in the free economy. And thus also a country? …

Augsburger Allgemeine

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Time and again, Friedrich Merz and his coalition only see the problems coming when it's almost too late. Now it's up to the Chancellor himself.