The 36-year-old Green Party leader told delegates that Merz would become “a victim of his own promises.” Anyone who had taken a basic math course should have known that tax cuts, higher defense spending, and no new debt were not possible at the same time. Instead, Merz had decided to “tell people bullshit,” Banaszak said.
Banaszak also contradicted Merz’s own assessment that he needed to work on his communication. The problem was not communication but a “wrong attitude.” A chancellor who wants to lead an insecure country in economic distress must like the citizens and not treat them condescendingly, lecture them, or insult them, Banaszak argued. People are exhausted and have lost trust in politics, he said to loud applause.
Source: www.tagesspiegel.de
