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Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the congress of the German Trade Union Confederation
Chancellor warns that Germany has created problems for its own country “for too long”. Modernization is an issue.
There was applause, there was whistles and there was protests, describes the agency.
Friedrich Merz spoke at the congress of the German Confederation of unions, the largest trade union center in the country; at a time when his popularity is low and there are conflicts with trade unionists.
The chancellor warned that the Germany needs to get back on its feet, to update. Otherwise, stays behind in a rapidly changing world – as is happening in , for example, and in .
This Tuesday’s conversation was with delegates representing workers from various industrial, public and service sectors.
His and reactions they were distinct when the Government leader started to speak.
“The challenges are so great because we have created problems for ourselves for too longproblems that we now need to solve. We simply failed to modernize our country.”
Therefore, now the Germany “needs to get back on its feet. Germany needs to face the structural problems that we have been putting off for many years. Problems that, consequently, have been constantly worsening. You know that, we all know that”, commented Friedrich Merz.
The chancellor highlighted what is harm business: high costs and . This puts jobs and the prosperity of future generations at risk.
Defended the reforms of your Government to health and for the pensions – a simple question of “demography and mathematics”, he claimed – when they returned boos, whistles and laughter. Some trade unionists who were in the audience displayed thumbs down postersas a sign of disagreement.
