>German Chancellor Olaf Scholz appealed to the country’s democratic parties to unite in a concerted effort to modernize Germany, speed up bureaucracy and combat the current economic crisis.
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>Defending his government’s proposed budget in front of lawmakers on Wednesday, Scholz announced what he dubbed a “Germany pact” for the good of the country.
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>He called on the opposition, local officials and state agencies to back his government’s measures to kick-start the German economy — and also fend off the threat from the far right, which recent polls have shown is rising in popularity.
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>”The citizens are fed up with this standstill, and I am too,” said Scholz, criticizing a “mildew of red tape, risk averseness and despondency” that he said has weighed down Europe’s largest economy in recent years.
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>Scholz’s government budget plans for 2024 foresee streamlined approval processes for infrastructure and construction projects and further digitalization of Germany’s notoriously analog bureaucracy.
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>**Scholz criticizes ‘demolition squad’ AfD**
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>According to Scholz, the “Germany pact” is not only necessary to reinvigorate Germany’s ailing economy and modernize the state but also to fend off the growing threat posed by the far-right populist Alternative for Germany (AfD).
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>”The vast majority of citizens know that the self-proclaimed ‘alternative’ is in fact a demolition squad — a demolition squad for our country,” he said, accusing the AfD, whose popularity hit 21% in recent polls, of aiming to benefit from the economic downturn.
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>Acknowledging that his three-party coalition government, which includes his own center-left Social Democrats, the environmentalist Greens and the business-focused Free Democrats, has “argued too much in recent weeks,” he called on Germany’s democratic forces to “counter those who want to make political profit from scaremongering or scenarios of decline.”
*arrr I will spear se lazy bureaucrats with my hook arrrr* 🪝🏴☠️🦜
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>German Chancellor Olaf Scholz appealed to the country’s democratic parties to unite in a concerted effort to modernize Germany, speed up bureaucracy and combat the current economic crisis.
>
>Defending his government’s proposed budget in front of lawmakers on Wednesday, Scholz announced what he dubbed a “Germany pact” for the good of the country.
>
>He called on the opposition, local officials and state agencies to back his government’s measures to kick-start the German economy — and also fend off the threat from the far right, which recent polls have shown is rising in popularity.
>
>”The citizens are fed up with this standstill, and I am too,” said Scholz, criticizing a “mildew of red tape, risk averseness and despondency” that he said has weighed down Europe’s largest economy in recent years.
>
>Scholz’s government budget plans for 2024 foresee streamlined approval processes for infrastructure and construction projects and further digitalization of Germany’s notoriously analog bureaucracy.
>
>**Scholz criticizes ‘demolition squad’ AfD**
>
>According to Scholz, the “Germany pact” is not only necessary to reinvigorate Germany’s ailing economy and modernize the state but also to fend off the growing threat posed by the far-right populist Alternative for Germany (AfD).
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>”The vast majority of citizens know that the self-proclaimed ‘alternative’ is in fact a demolition squad — a demolition squad for our country,” he said, accusing the AfD, whose popularity hit 21% in recent polls, of aiming to benefit from the economic downturn.
>
>Acknowledging that his three-party coalition government, which includes his own center-left Social Democrats, the environmentalist Greens and the business-focused Free Democrats, has “argued too much in recent weeks,” he called on Germany’s democratic forces to “counter those who want to make political profit from scaremongering or scenarios of decline.”
*arrr I will spear se lazy bureaucrats with my hook arrrr* 🪝🏴☠️🦜
He ain’t wrong.