Germany Fails the Fight Against the Coronavirus
Germany’s politicians are so scared of ever being accused of “nationalism” by other countries that they do not want to do anything that could create the appearance that Berlin is prioritizing the interests of its own population.
In the first few months of the coronavirus pandemic, Germany was hailed around the world as an example for other countries to follow: the death rate was lower than in most comparable countries; there were no overcrowded intensive care units in Germany, as there were in New York, for example, and many other European countries, including Italy, the United Kingdom and France. However, the situation deteriorated in late 2020/early 2021 and the coronavirus death rate rose to over one thousand per day in January 2021.
Armin Laschet has come one step closer to becoming Germany’s Federal Chancellor through his election as the new chairman of the center-right Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), which gives him the greatest chance of becoming Angela Merkel’s successor. The question of whether the party will change its course in any direction and in any way remains to be seen. The super election year in Germany will most definitely influence the politics of the European Union and Hungary. The newly-founded German-Hungarian Institute for European Cooperation at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium held an online conference on these topics, among other things. During the discussion at the virtual round table, the relationship between Fidesz and the European People’s Party was discussed, as well as who the future Federal Chancellor might be. Zsófia Nagy-Vargha, Editor-in-Chief of Ungarn Heute, questioned the Institute’s Director Bence Bauer, Ernő Schaller-Baross MEP of Hungary’s ruling Fi
Berlin [Germany], January 16 (ANI): Armin Laschet has been selected as the new chairman of the ruling conservative Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), and stands most strongly as the successor of Angela Merkel as Chancellor when she steps down after federal elections this year.
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