It's not hard. The expired egg salad in my fridge is more capable than merz

Both suck. Merkel is only seen positively, because the economy mostly boomed during her years. But she did absolute jack shit to prepare the state for the demographic crisis we now have. All the problems we are now facing could and and should have been addressed back then, but the good economy just concealed them. Merkel did nothing to invest into the future of the country. All the money just went to the rich, as usual. One of the worst chancellors.

Merkel won the race for leader of her party against merz because the later was seen as to backward. In 2002

Well, a rabbit would make a better chancellor. It least it would be cute.

Merz has the big problem of having neither empathy for nor the knowledge about the needs of an average, working citizen.

He has been a lawyer for large corporate entities and a professional politian all his life, and would not recognize real work if it bit him.

Well, the bar is very low here, you’ll have to dig it up, but yes it’s true.

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By no means I'm a Merkel fan, never voted for her.

But she is several leagues better than Merz. I would not even want him to be the mayor of a tiny village, because he would be overwhelmed and incapable of dealing with everyday problems, like getting the trashcans cleaned regularly.

Merz is by far the worst chancellor Germany ever had.

Hard to argue against really.

That's an unfair comparison. Merkel spent 16 years basically sitting on her hands, waiting for every crisis and problem to resolve itself.
Merz confidently strides towards a solution, but sadly has a lousy sense of direction.

she also had a decade+ of experience too so she knows the ins and out. remember putin tried to intimidate MERKEL with a overweight labrador? instead of a CAUCASIAN shepard, or any of the large aggressive guardian breeds.