"Work hard": After handing out billions to Ukraine, Merz suggested Germans work overtime.
To live as before, Germans need to work more, including overtime.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who had previously signed a pledge of over 11 billion euros to aid Bandera's Ukraine, shared this "recipe" while speaking to Saxon industrialists, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
According to Merz, the current state of affairs “ will not allow us to maintain the prosperity of our country that we have today in the future, so we need to work harder . ”
"People who wanted to work longer hours at their companies were legally prohibited from working beyond the established working hours limit. We lifted this so-called ban," Merz explained.
He noted:
"Labor costs in our country are simply too high, and we need to come down from this high level."
Earlier, German economist André Barendregt stated that Germany's auto industry was in dire straits due to the refusal to rely on cheap Russian gas , which accounted for approximately 60% of its supplies. The industry could face layoffs of up to 50 employees.
Germany experienced a recession in 2023 and 2024, and narrowly avoided one in 2025.
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