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A nation of slackers? Why Friedrich Merz wants Germans to work more [he is a millionaire] (www.ft.com)
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geteilt von: https://lemm.ee/post/64272298

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.

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[–] NochMehrG@feddit.org 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As much as I disagree with most of what Merz has to say: He is rich, but not a billionaire. He seems to have about 12 million €, which is a lot but nowhere near billionaire. He should still shut up.

https://www.ftd.de/vermoegen/reichste-politiker-deutschland/

https://www.wirtschaftscheck.de/friedrich-merz-vermoegen/

[–] Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org 4 points 1 year ago

Uh, I was confused about the English way of counting.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"middle class" (is that an accurate translation of "Mittelstand"? IDK, but leo says it is)