Friedrich Merz advises young Germans to study or work in the United States
- Friedrich Merz advises young Germans to study or work in the United States due to a “certain social climate that has developed there.”
- This statement is likely to provoke a response from the White House.
He and Donald Trump will probably not go on vacation together. Chancellor Friedrich Merz advises young Germans to avoid going to the United States to study or work. “I would not recommend to my children, today, to go to the United States, to study and work there”
, declared the conservative leader on Friday, May 15 during a conference in front of young Catholics in Bavaria. “Simply because a certain social climate has suddenly developed there,”
he explained to applause.
Between Trump and Merz, an ongoing verbal ping-pong
This offensive statement against Donald Trump’s America is not surprising. Traditionally an ally of the United States, Berlin has distanced itself from Washington since Donald Trump’s return to the White House and has been critical since the beginning of the war against Iran. At the end of April, the Chancellor had said that Tehran “humiliated”
Washington at the negotiation table. The American president replied that Friedrich Merz was doing a “dreadful”
job in his position and announced the withdrawal of 5,000 American soldiers from Germany. However, according to the German government, this decision had been expected for a long time.
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Friedrich Merz assured, this Friday, that he is a “great admirer of the United States.” But this admiration “does not increase at the moment,”
he acknowledges. “Few countries in the world offer such tremendous prospects, especially for young people, as Germany,”
he emphasized. The Chancellor then praised “the social market economy”
in contrast to the “pure capitalism”
of the United States where “highly skilled individuals struggle to find employment.”
The German model deserves to be discussed “more in terms of opportunities than risks,”
he concluded.
