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Merz prepares Germans for profound changes: Autumn of important decisions in Germany

2025-09-17 19:55:44Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Merz prepares Germans for profound changes: Autumn of important decisions in
Friedrich Merz

In the general debate in the Bundestag, Chancellor Merz prepared Germans for profound changes in the coming months. It is about the future of our country, said Merz.

In his speech to the Bundestag on Wednesday, Friedrich Merz presented himself as a reformist chancellor, preparing Germans for far-reaching reforms in the coming months. “Our country is facing important decisions this autumn,” Merz said during the general debate on the budget in the Bundestag. It is therefore important to “take the right path at this historic moment.” It is about “nothing more and nothing less than the future of our country – how we live, how we live together, how we work, how we do business and whether our values ​​will continue to hold up.” “The decisions that lie ahead are not about details, but about very fundamental issues,” said the CDU leader.

In his speech, Merz stressed that freedom is under threat, citizens are feeling a growing sense of insecurity. He also warned that the German economic model is under pressure from "a new protectionism directed against free trade and open markets."

He also called for far-reaching reforms to the pension system. “We also need to restructure our pension system.” The chancellor justified this with demographic changes, arguing that young people should not be subjected to additional burdens in Germany.

"The division into domestic and foreign policy is outdated"

Merz also referred to the war in Ukraine in his speech and said that it must end. But we must expect that it will not end quickly, the German Chancellor emphasized, and it must not end at the expense of Ukraine's political sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Merz stressed that the division into domestic and foreign policy is now outdated and warned of the possible consequences of a peace in Ukraine dictated by Russia. This would only encourage Russian President Vladimir Putin “to look for his next target,” the CDU leader said. “Putin has been testing the limits for a long time,” he stressed. “He sabotages, spies, kills, tries to create insecurity.” This has been seen recently not only in Poland; Russia also wants to destabilize German society, Merz warned.

Previously, the chairwoman of the AfD parliamentary group, Alice Weidel, who traditionally as the largest opposition party holds the floor first, had harshly attacked the chancellor, again accusing him of violating campaign promises and "inciting war" in Ukraine.

Unlike his first general debate as chancellor in July, Merz did not engage in debate with Weidel this time.

Chancellor Merz also faced criticism from the Green party.

The parliamentary group leader, Katharina Dröge, said that Merz's policy is a "bitter disappointment" for many businesses in Germany. Energy prices are too high and the electricity tax should be reduced, she demanded. Merz is "disappointing millions of people," criticized Dröge. Meanwhile, the leader of the Left Party, Heidi Reichennek, demanded from the coalition a "poverty-proof minimum wage" instead of savings on the "Bürgergeld" money for citizens. The money should be distributed "from the top down," the left-wing politician demanded./ DW

 


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