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I'd use it as toilet paper, but it wouldn't actually make my butt cleaner.

I do sincerely want to congratulate him on the idea of visiting France and Poland. The article is right, Scholz fucked up in that regard. But as you say, Merz embarrassing himself is likely. I hope he meets Duda, that sounds like a fun combo.

And knowing him, he will say something terribly stupid in both of these countries, which will make them upset with us

You could call him BlackRock national with a provincial background. Merkel played with his political power ambitions for decades and he took that personal.

Nationalism simply isn't a good description for him, but opportunists like him sometimes become nationalists to achieve something (e.g. Trump). He might be an enabler of nationalists though.

If I'm not mistaken, it's more his old-established, pro-employer, cultural-hegemonist party that won and less he as a symbol.

Semi-regardless of his party political affiliation, it is a good thing that the the constitutional office of chancellor reaches out to neighbours in diplomacy to strengthen or upkeep connection.

He's a decidedly sub-par leader in my eyes. But that is mostly because he's far-right-appeasing, lying, and power-hungry.

German corporatocrat (he has ties to and worked for blackrock)

Obviously, your idea of Merz is far more valuable than mine - I researched his status and political stances for two minutes and don't live within his area of influence. If he's OK as a leader and people under him aren't losing their rights that's good.

German nationalist

While he does have nationalist tendencies, that's not really how I would refer to him anyway.

That's nice. The bad news is that he will be back sooner or later.

BILD. Always a great …. “Tabloid”

What a charismatic talker. I could listen to him for hours. /s

I don't think its appropriate for a German nationalist to make any kind of approach to those two countries. At least he's not Austrian

Sorry, cheap joke. He seems like a piece of work, though