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For those not on the know, here is some more context:
Angela Merkel was a very prominent figure in german politics, commonly known as "Mutti Merkel" (Mommy Merkel).
A lot of people do look back on her cancelor period quite fondly and her criticism of Merz collaborating with modern Nazis (AfD) does carry some weight. Merz burned a lot of political capital with his little stunt, demonstrated by one of the most popular CDU politicians turning against him.
The AfD is also not as popular here as some might think when looking from the outside in and efforts to ban them are underway, they are already classified in parts as an extremist group.
Source: I lived trough the time period when she was chancelor in Germany and know how people talked about her years later. Take it with a grain of salt, this is a more personal perspective
Just an Eastern European perspective on her.
She and her party basically ensured Orbán's consolidation of power, which at times was very visible. Orbán basically let German car manufacturers underpay workers and abuse them by eroding labour protections, in exchange Orbán was never seriously sanctioned by Brussels for eroding the rule of law. He used EU money to destroy the opposition, and here we are.
The current actual inquiries and sanctions started right as she retired.
Fuck Merkel, she got us on this track.
Yeah I understand she had more than a little bit to do with the current, uh, situation. There.
Funnily enough, just as she was out of the picture, and more reasonable people could turn off the infinite money faucet being almost completely stolen, the Orbán regime is crumbling. They might be out by next year.