The state elections in Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg leave the impression of a strongly polarized society. The Chancellor says: That is misleading.
Even after the recent state elections, Chancellor Olaf Scholz believes that German society is less divided than it often appears to be in public. “We have much more in common than divides us. I want it to stay that way,” says the SPD politician in a new video message. The vast majority of citizens are closer together on important issues than it sometimes seems.
“I hope that we continue to talk to each other, instead of just talking about each other or past each other,” Scholz appeals. Because it doesn’t matter “who shouts the loudest.” The majority in the middle is much larger. “The sensible, the decent ones are many, many more.”
Scholz mentioned topics such as pensions, climate protection, the right way to deal with migration and Ukraine as examples. All of these topics need to be discussed. However, during his discussions he got the impression that “we are not that far apart on key issues.”
The vast majority of the population knows, for example, that Germany urgently needs workers from abroad in many areas – and at the same time rightly expects “that we can choose who comes to us.” The situation is similar with regard to supporting Ukraine while simultaneously using all diplomatic means for peace.
Scholz analyses that public attention to extreme opinions is high. But at the same time, one must be clear: “It is not the loud ones who count. It is us, the many.”
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Source: Stern
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