“Biggest problem” is migration
Merz still has many questions about the Germany Pact
09/06/2023 at 6:39 p.m
During the budget debate in the Bundestag, Chancellor Scholz proposes a Germany Pact together with the opposition. CDU boss Merz can imagine that in principle. However, he sees many unanswered questions. However, he already identifies an urgent issue.
CDU leader Friedrich Merz has signaled his willingness to work with the government on the Germany Pact proposed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the SPD. In the program “RTL Direkt”, he described migration as the “biggest problem”.
“We, the opposition, are of course willing to take part in sensible proposals,” said Merz. In the eyes of the opposition leader, however, many questions remain unanswered: “Is this actually a government initiative or is it a personal initiative by the Chancellor?” And further: “Is he now looking for a majority outside of his own coalition? (…) The Chancellor is right, but he must first seek order in his own coalition.”
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In addition, the CDU chairman referred to the federal states, which had long been demanding more speed from the federal government on the crucial issues. “Reducing bureaucracy, speeding up the approval process: the prime ministers have been talking about this for almost a year now.”
Merz added: “If we are to look for common solutions here, with the big problems we have, we will of course do that. And the biggest problem is illegal migration, let’s start with it.”
Energy, housing, digitization
“We need a national effort. So let’s join forces,” Scholz said in the Bundestag that morning. The people in the country were waiting for the responsible politicians to “close ranks”. “I would therefore like to propose a pact to you,” said Scholz towards Merz. Together with the federal states as well as the cities and municipalities, the Chancellor wants to boost economic growth and make Germany fit for the future.
Scholz named the expansion of the energy supply, housing construction, the modernization and digitization of the infrastructure, the competitiveness of companies and faster and uncomplicated administration as priorities. “Nobody can be satisfied if Germany’s economy doesn’t grow,” said Scholz. “But we will only solve structural problems with structural answers.”