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Chancellor Scholz is lashing out against CDU man Merz because the parties could not find a common solution to the migration problem.
Berlin – Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) is not exactly known for dishing out things against his colleagues in the Bundestag.
In return, he regularly has to endure accusations of lack of leadership and lack of action.
It is often Friedrich Merz who repeatedly accuses Scholz of a lack of willingness to cooperate.
Most recently he criticized Scholz's “turning point” policy. Now the Chancellor is dishing it out against the CDU chairman Merz.
Chancellor Scholz rails against Merz: “Run away out of fear”
“Sometimes, of course, the intention to do something together can overwhelm someone,” said Scholz on Monday (February 26) at the
dpa
editors-in-chief conference in Berlin.
“That’s why Mr. Merz ran away as quickly as he could when I offered him that we work together on the issue of accelerating planning, but also on issues of migration.”
Chancellor Olaf Scholz criticized CDU chairman Friedrich Merz.
© Photomontage Michael Kappeler/Martin Schutt/dpa
Merz “ran away out of fear”.
After an agreement was reached with the 16 federal states and an agreement in the traffic light coalition on how to deal with irregular migration, Merz should have been part of the solution.
“But he didn’t want to anymore.
And I took note of that.” Back in January, the Chancellor attacked Merz for his lack of cooperation with the government.
Merz did not have the strength to stand up for it and to say that the issue of migration could no longer be used in political competition.
He doesn't let that discourage him.
When asked what would have to happen for him to invite Merz back to the Chancellery, the Chancellor said: “Nothing at all.
If he wants, he can come every three weeks.
And every week too.
Is no problem."
Steinbrück criticizes Scholz: “Lack of leadership and orientation”
Former Federal Finance Minister and SPD party colleague Peer Steinbrück had previously wanted more leadership from Scholz.
“There is a lack of leadership and orientation in these times of great uncertainty,” Steinbrück told the
Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung
on Monday.
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The SPD candidate for chancellor in 2013 accused the traffic light coalition of technical weaknesses.
“When I look at the heating law, basic child welfare and now this cannabis law, it is clear that there is a lack of good craftsmanship.
“I’m expressing myself politely,” said Steinbrück.
He also complained about the “tendency towards constant nagging”.
(dpa/vk)