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Jakub Janas

Watch: tough love and record-low polls—inside the Friedrich Merz disaster

Friedrich Merz recently chose the bold strategy of scolding Germany’s workforce for taking too many sick days, dismissing part-time jobs as a lazy "lifestyle choice", and even telling Germans to look to Greece to learn how to work hard.

A staggering historical plot twist from a leader whose country spent years lecturing Europe on efficiency, isn't it?

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