Tommy Vitor

No.

No.

That's become a big conversation.

That's become a big conversation.

That's become a big conversation.

Yeah. I mean, I think the biggest, you know, challenge, obviously the biggest challenge for Mertz going forward is going to be economic growth. Germany is kind of stagnated over the last several years. People are pissed. Energy costs went up in part because of the Russian invasion.

Yeah. I mean, I think the biggest, you know, challenge, obviously the biggest challenge for Mertz going forward is going to be economic growth. Germany is kind of stagnated over the last several years. People are pissed. Energy costs went up in part because of the Russian invasion.

Yeah. I mean, I think the biggest, you know, challenge, obviously the biggest challenge for Mertz going forward is going to be economic growth. Germany is kind of stagnated over the last several years. People are pissed. Energy costs went up in part because of the Russian invasion.

They also have to figure out an immigration policy that can defang the AFD in the right wing and make people feel heard without emulating them. Or as you said earlier, alienating parts of the Social Democratic Coalition in a way that fractures the government. And like coalition governments are great insofar as they force you to.

They also have to figure out an immigration policy that can defang the AFD in the right wing and make people feel heard without emulating them. Or as you said earlier, alienating parts of the Social Democratic Coalition in a way that fractures the government. And like coalition governments are great insofar as they force you to.

They also have to figure out an immigration policy that can defang the AFD in the right wing and make people feel heard without emulating them. Or as you said earlier, alienating parts of the Social Democratic Coalition in a way that fractures the government. And like coalition governments are great insofar as they force you to.

work together with other parties and they force sort of a more moderate government. But that clearly has allowed these populist movements to thrive and grow on both sides. So we'll see if they can sort of deal with that and mitigate that risk. I'm a little worried with Mertz because he hasn't seemed to be the most deft political operator so far.

work together with other parties and they force sort of a more moderate government. But that clearly has allowed these populist movements to thrive and grow on both sides. So we'll see if they can sort of deal with that and mitigate that risk. I'm a little worried with Mertz because he hasn't seemed to be the most deft political operator so far.

work together with other parties and they force sort of a more moderate government. But that clearly has allowed these populist movements to thrive and grow on both sides. So we'll see if they can sort of deal with that and mitigate that risk. I'm a little worried with Mertz because he hasn't seemed to be the most deft political operator so far.

Like this move in the Bundestag with the immigration proposal that got the AFD support that was seen as breaking the firewall was Very stupid and seemingly led to the rise of this far left party. Yeah.

Like this move in the Bundestag with the immigration proposal that got the AFD support that was seen as breaking the firewall was Very stupid and seemingly led to the rise of this far left party. Yeah.

Like this move in the Bundestag with the immigration proposal that got the AFD support that was seen as breaking the firewall was Very stupid and seemingly led to the rise of this far left party. Yeah.

Yeah, definitely. But, you know, look, we're not seeing a CDU AFD government. So that's nice.

Yeah, definitely. But, you know, look, we're not seeing a CDU AFD government. So that's nice.

Yeah, definitely. But, you know, look, we're not seeing a CDU AFD government. So that's nice.