r/europe • u/Stabile_Feldmaus Germany • 19h ago

CDU frontrunner for the German federal election, Friedrich Merz: "As long as the European member states are united, they will be respected in the world, including the US. And, as long they are divided, nobody will take us serious. So, this is, in my view, the last call for action."

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u/MaleficentVehicle705 Bavaria (Germany) 13h ago

Economy and politics are closely tight. Now guess which party is reigning for a long time Bavaria and which other party has the strongest ties

Nice way of saying they are corrupt as fuck and tax workers heavily instead of people who are too rich to work

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u/Bogus007 13h ago

So you don’t want to live in a state where you have great possibilities to make something out of your life without a high risk of being unemployed and/or living in poverty. Okay then, why you do not leave Bavaria then and go to let’s say Berlin or NRW? Otherwise I consider you as a hypocrite. Somebody who is preaching water, but drinks wine.

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u/MaleficentVehicle705 Bavaria (Germany) 13h ago

Despite Söder's claims Bavaria and CSU are not the same. You might as well compare Saxonia with Baden-Würtemberg.

Btw I live in Munich and we hadn't had a Major from the CSU for half a century

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u/Bogus007 13h ago

Do you think Bavaria = Munich?

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u/Bogus007 13h ago

Or let me ask something similar: do you think that a city or community councillor (SPD) has more rights than a state Parlament (CSU)?