Merz Cabinet | CDU/CSU Minister: Open Doors for Corporations
Friedrich Merz's future federal government is taking shape, and it doesn't bode well. The personnel selection represents a final reckoning with the Merkel era. No one in Merkel's CDU who could be associated with a more liberal, often more considered line on certain issues, is represented in the future cabinet. Nor is there a representative of the labor wing. One could also call it a shift to the right, which can be seen in numerous positions among the future top personnel. The CSU's Dobrindt as Interior Minister alone is causing gallbladder cramps. His main achievement as Transport Minister was the completely nonsensical and ultimately failed car toll for foreigners. And times with a CSU Interior Minister have never been good for democracy in Germany.
Equally serious is the fact that at least the conservative part of Merz's government will be extremely business-friendly. According to his party, the chancellor-in-waiting relied exclusively on expertise. The result is that, in addition to the long-time BlackRock manager and business lobbyist, two ministers with extensive experience in economic management will serve in important positions. Karsten Wildberger, a man who previously headed a corporation that includes several large retail chains, will become Digital Minister. A former CDU politician who has had a career in the energy industry for ten years will become Economics Minister. And CSU leader Söder is pleased that the Ministry of Agriculture will in future be headed by a "black butcher" from Bavaria.
And it's not just the cabinet. People like CDU General Secretary Linnemann and the likely future CDU/CSU parliamentary group leader Spahn have always rolled out the carpet for large corporations. Corporations with a government like that no longer need lobbyists.
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