Bleak demographics and short average work weeks could come to haunt Europe’s largest economy

https://archive.is/CUo0k

Merz’s coalition must persuade younger generations to surrender more of their free time to support Europe’s largest economy

The coalition between Merz’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union and the Social Democrats have, in their treaty which defines the political agenda until the next election, committed to incentives to persuade Germans to increase their working hours, and to delay retirement.

  • lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    6 days ago

    He can certainly try. But I will never give up my 30 hour work week. Not for this rich POS who’s just constantly stepping on people below him, doesn’t give a flying fuck about women’s rights and throws a temper tantrum when his lectern for a TV show is a centimetre too low.

    Fotzenfritz represents bringing Germany back into the mindset of the 80’s…or maybe even farther back than that.

    He also denied getting the process in motion of banning the far-right AfD, so that’s just nice…

  • Lachs@feddit.orgEnglish
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    6 days ago

    The real reason is, that right now and in the next decade, all the Boomers ago going to retire and this piece of shit Merz tried everything with his party for the last 20 years to not solve the problem on how the retirement fund will handle all these boomers. So his fucked up answer? Let the young again and again cut back for the Boomers to have a flourish retirement.

    FUCK YOU FOTZENFRITZ!

  • Anonymaus@feddit.orgEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Merz is like Gerhard Schröder a traitor, hes gonna sell security of germany and therefore europe to usa for financial gain, just like Schröder deepen economic ties with russia to get a choosy job at gazprom

    • Melchior@feddit.orgEnglish
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      8 days ago

      and after negotiating the contract needed four vacation days. Then he failed to win the first vote on getting the job due to it and had to wait for a bit.

  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
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    7 days ago

    It’s interesting that an article about productivity of labour doesn’t mention productivity. Her Merz should perhaps persuade the owner class and himself to invest in labour productivity increases such as training, equipment, digitalization and automation. Working more hours is a marginal improvement if it even produces higher output at all.

    • Diplomjodler@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 days ago

      Merz is very firmly stuck in the past, so you can’t expect him to understand any of this new-fangled mumbo-jumbo.

  • glorkon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 days ago

    This guy earned > 1 million euros per year before he became chancellor and told a journalist he believes he’s middle class. Nuff said.